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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 the Lord shall build up Zion, he shall 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 walls, and prosperity within thy palaces.
 8For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
 9Because of the house of the Lord our God I will seek thy good. (Psa. 122:6‑9)
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Psa. 137:5‑6• 5If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.
 6If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; 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 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, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that make mention of the Lord, 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 away, stand not still: remember the Lord afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind. (Jer. 51:50)
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2 Cor. 11:28‑29• 28Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
 29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? (2 Cor. 11:28‑29)
thy.
Luke 12:32• 32Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. (Luke 12:32)
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Eph. 1:5,9• 5Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
 9Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself: (Eph. 1:5,9)
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Phil. 2:13• 13For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure. (Phil. 2:13)
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2 Thess. 1:11• 11Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this 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• 17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof 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 shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in. (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 threescore and 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• 11In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed. (Mic. 7:11)
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Zech. 2:5• 5For I, saith the Lord, 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.