Psalms 51:18

In 11 translations

BSB

In Your good pleasure, cause Zion to prosper; build up the walls of Jerusalem.

KJV

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

WEB

Do well in your good pleasure to Zion. Build the walls of Jerusalem.

ASV

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

LSV

Do good in Your good pleasure with Zion, || You build the walls of Jerusalem.

YLT

Do good in Thy good pleasure with Zion, Thou dost build the walls of Jerusalem.

DBY

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

DRC50:20

Deal favourably, O Lord, in thy good will with Sion; that the walls of Jerusalem may be built up.

GNV

Bee fauourable vnto Zion for thy good pleasure: builde the walles of Ierusalem.

JPS51:20

Do good in Thy favour unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.

LXXE50:20

Do good, O Lord, to Sion in thy good pleasure; and let the walls of Jerusalem be built.

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WLC51:20

הֵיטִ֣יבָה בִ֭רְצוֹנְךָ אֶת־צִיּ֑וֹן תִּ֝בְנֶ֗ה חוֹמ֥וֹת יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃KJV:Ps.51.18

LXX-Br50:20

Ἀγάθυνον, Κύριε, ἐν τῇ εὐδοκίᾳ σου τὴν Σιὼν, καὶ οἰκοδομηθήτω τὰ τείχη Ἱερουσαλήμ.

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• Psalms 102:16For the LORD will rebuild Zion; He has appeared in His glory.
• Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
• Zechariah 2:5For I will be a wall of fire around it, declares the LORD, and I will be the glory within it.’”
• Ephesians 1:5He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will,
• Luke 12:32Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Psalms 122:6–9Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: “May those who love you prosper. May there be peace within your walls, and prosperity inside your fortresses.” For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, “Peace be within…
• 2 Thessalonians 1:11To this end, we always pray for you, that our God will count you worthy of His calling, and that He will powerfully fulfill your every good desire and work of faith,
• Psalms 25:22Redeem Israel, O God, from all its distress.
• Isaiah 58:12Your people will rebuild the ancient ruins; you will restore the age-old foundations; you will be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of the Streets of Dwelling.
• Nehemiah 2:17Then I said to them, “You see the trouble we are in. Jerusalem lies in ruins, and its gates have been burned down. Come, let us rebuild the wall of Jerusalem, so that we will no longer be a disgrace.”
• Isaiah 62:1For Zion’s sake I will not keep silent, and for Jerusalem’s sake I will not keep still, until her righteousness shines like a bright light, her salvation like a blazing torch.
• Micah 7:11The day for rebuilding your walls will come— the day for extending your boundary.
• Isaiah 62:6–7On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves, nor give Him any rest until He establishes Jerusalem and makes her…
• Isaiah 51:3For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and…
• Psalms 147:2The LORD builds up Jerusalem; He gathers the exiles of Israel.
• Daniel 9:25Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench,…

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