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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, out of all his troubles. (Psa. 25:22)
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Psa. 102:16• 16When Jehovah shall build up Zion, he will appear in his glory. (Psa. 102:16)
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Psa. 122:6‑9• 6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
 7Peace be within thy bulwarks, prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sakes I will say, Peace be within thee!
 9Because of the house of Jehovah our God 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;
 6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to my palate: if I prefer not 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 be still, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a torch that burneth.
 6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, Jerusalem; all the day and all the night they shall never hold their peace: ye that put Jehovah in remembrance, keep not silence,
 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, stand not still: remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. (Jer. 51:50)
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2 Cor. 11:28‑29• 28Besides those things that are without, the crowd of cares pressing on me daily, the burden of all the assemblies.
 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is stumbled, and I burn not? (2 Cor. 11:28‑29)
thy.
Luke 12:32• 32Fear not, little flock, for it has been the good pleasure of your Father to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32)
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Eph. 1:5,9• 5having marked us out beforehand for adoption through Jesus Christ to 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 who works in you both the willing and the working according to his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)
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2 Thess. 1:11• 11To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of the calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power, (2 Thess. 1:11)
build.
Neh. 2:17• 17And I said to them, Ye see the distress that we are in, that Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach. (Neh. 2:17)
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Isa. 58:12• 12And they that come of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations that have remained from generation to generation; and thou shalt be called, Repairer of the breaches, restorer of frequented paths. (Isa. 58:12)
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Dan. 9:25• 25Know therefore and understand: From the going forth of the word to restore and to build Jerusalem unto Messiah, the Prince, are seven weeks, and sixty-two weeks. The street and the moat shall be built again, even in troublous times. (Dan. 9:25)
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Mic. 7:11• 11In the day when thy walls shall be built, on that day shall the established limit recede. (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5and I, saith Jehovah, I 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. (“Psalms 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.