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Psalm 51

Psa. 51:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Do good
yatab (Hebrew #3190)
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
KJV usage: be accepted, amend, use aright, benefit, be (make) better, seem best, make cheerful, be comely, + be content, diligent(-ly), dress, earnestly, find favour, give, be glad, do (be, make) good((-ness)), be (make) merry, please (+ well), shew more (kindness), skilfully, X very small, surely, make sweet, thoroughly, tire, trim, very, be (can, deal, entreat, go, have) well (said, seen).
Pronounce: yaw-tab'
Origin: a primitive root
in thy good pleasure
ratsown (Hebrew #7522)
from 7521; delight (especially as shown)
KJV usage: (be) acceptable(-ance, -ed), delight, desire, favour, (good) pleasure, (own, self, voluntary) will, as...(what) would.
Pronounce: raw-tsone'
Origin: or ratson {raw-tsone'}
unto Zion
Tsiyown (Hebrew #6726)
Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
KJV usage: Zion.
Pronounce: tsee-yone'
Origin: the same (regularly) as 6725
: build
banah (Hebrew #1129)
to build (literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (begin to) build(-er), obtain children, make, repair, set (up), X surely.
Pronounce: baw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
thou the walls
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
of Jerusalem
Yruwshalaim (Hebrew #3389)
a dual (in allusion to its two main hills (the true pointing, at least of the former reading, seems to be that of 3390)); probably from (the passive participle of) 3384 and 7999; founded peaceful; Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
KJV usage: Jerusalem.
Pronounce: yer-oo-shaw-lah'-im
Origin: rarely Yruwshalayim {yer-oo- shaw-lah'-yim}
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More on:

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Jerusalem,
Walls,
Zion; Sion; Mount Zion

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Do.
Psa. 25:22• 22Redeem Israel, O God, from all his distresses. (Psa. 25:22)
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Psa. 102:16• 16For Jehovah hath built Zion,{HR}He is seen in his glory, (Psa. 102:16)
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Psa. 122:6‑9• 6Pray for Jerusalem's peace:{HR}May they prosper that love thee.
 7Peace be within thy bulwark,{HR}Prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sake,{HR}Let me now speak, Peace [be] within thee.
 9For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God,{HR}I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:6‑9)
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Psa. 137:5‑6• 5If I forget thee, Jerusalem, let my right hand forget [its skill].
 6Let my tongue cleave to my palate, if I do not remember thee,{HR}If I do not raise Jerusalem above my chief joy. (Psa. 137:5‑6)
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Isa. 62:1,6‑7• 1For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp [that] burneth.
 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace all day and all night: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, take ye no rest,
 7and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make, Jerusalem a praise in the earth. (Isa. 62:1,6‑7)
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Jer. 51:50• 50Ye that have escaped the sword, go away, stand not still, remember Jehovah afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. (Jer. 51:50)
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2 Cor. 11:28‑29• 28Apart from things without, my pressing care day by day, the concern for all the assemblies.
 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? (2 Cor. 11:28‑29)
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Luke 12:32• 32{i}Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom.{/i} (Luke 12:32)
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Eph. 1:5,9• 5having predestinated us for adoption through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
 9having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in himself (Eph. 1:5,9)
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Phil. 2:13• 13for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)
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2 Thess. 1:11• 11Whereunto we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling and fulfil every good pleasure of goodness and work of faith with power; (2 Thess. 1:11)
build.
Neh. 2:17• 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, {i}and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.{/i} (Neh. 2:17)
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Isa. 58:12• 12And [they that shall be] of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called Repairer of the breach, Restorer of paths of habitation. (Isa. 58:12)
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Dan. 9:25• 25Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem, unto the Messiah, the Prince, shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. The street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. (Dan. 9:25)
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Mic. 7:11• 11{i}In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede.{/i} (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5for I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and will be the glory in the midst of her. (Zech. 2:5)
• The repentance of the remnant of the Jews, anticipated in the psalm, prepares the way for the restoration of Zion, according to God’s good pleasure. (“Psalm 51” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion; build the walls of Jerusalem.

W. Kelly Translation

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Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion;{HR}Build the walls of Jerusalem.