Psalms 51:18

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא־תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְאֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה׃

Transliteration

For not-taḥpōṣ zebaḥ and-ʾettēnâ ʿôlâ not tirṣeh

Grammar Details

*taḥpōṣ*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will delight
*zebaḥ*: masculine singular noun - sacrifice
*ʾettēnâ*: Qal cohortative 1st person singular - let me give
*ʿôlâ*: feminine singular noun - burnt offering
*tirṣeh*: Qal imperfect 2nd person masculine singular - you will be pleased with

Word Meanings

*taḥpōṣ*: you will delight in/desire/take pleasure in
*zebaḥ*: sacrifice/slaughter offering
*ʾettēnâ*: let me give/I would give
*ʿôlâ*: burnt offering/whole offering (entirely consumed by fire)
*tirṣeh*: you will be pleased with/accept favorably/delight in

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 102:16 : 16 For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
Luke 12:32 : 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
2 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 Besides those things that are without, there is that which presseth upon me {G2596} daily, anxiety for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is caused to stumble, and I burn not?
Eph 1:5 : 5 having foreordained us unto adoption as sons through Jesus Christ unto himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:9 : 9 making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him
Phil 2:13 : 13 for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
2 Thess 1:11 : 11 To which end we also pray always for you, that our God may count you worthy of your calling, and fulfil every desire of goodness and [every] work of faith, with power;
Neh 2:17 : 17 Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case 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.
Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, Out all of his troubles.
Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Ps 122:6-9 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee. 7 Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces. 8 For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee. 9 For the sake of the house of Jehovah our God I will seek thy good.
Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, Let my right hand forget [her skill]. 6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
Ps 147:2 : 2 Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Isa 51:3 : 3 For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isa 58:12 : 12 And 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 62:1 : 1 For Zion's sake will I not hold my peace, and for Jerusalem's sake I will not rest, until her righteousness go forth as brightness, and her salvation as a lamp that burneth.
Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest, 7 and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Jer 51:50 : 50 Ye that have escaped the sword, go ye, stand not still; remember Jehovah from afar, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Dan 9:25 : 25 Know therefore and discern, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the anointed one, the prince, shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks: it shall be built again, with street and moat, even in troublous times.
Mic 7:11 : 11 A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith Jehovah, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and I will be the glory in the midst of her.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Ps 51:19
79%
19Then will thou delight in the sacrifices of righteousness, In burnt-offering and in whole burnt-offering: Then will they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Ps 147:1-2
2 verses
77%
1Praise ye Jehovah; For it is good to sing praises unto our God; For it is pleasant, [and] praise is comely.
2Jehovah doth build up Jerusalem; He gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Ps 122:6-7
2 verses
76%
6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.
7Peace be within thy walls, And prosperity within thy palaces.
Ps 147:12-13
2 verses
75%
12Praise Jehovah, O Jerusalem; Praise thy God, O Zion.
13For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; He hath blessed thy children within thee.
Ps 51:16-17
2 verses
74%
16For thou delightest not in sacrifice; else would I give it: Thou hast no pleasure in burnt-offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Ps 102:13-14
2 verses
73%
13Thou wilt arise, and have mercy upon Zion; For it is time to have pity upon her, Yea, the set time is come.
14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, And have pity upon her dust.
Isa 44:26
73%
26that confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith of Jerusalem, She shall be inhabited; and of the cities of Judah, They shall be built, and I will raise up the waste places thereof;
Isa 52:9
73%
9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem; for Jehovah hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Ps 122:2-3
2 verses
73%
2Our feet are standing Within thy gates, O Jerusalem,
3Jerusalem, that art builded As a city that is compact together;
Hag 1:8
72%
8Go up to the mountain, and bring wood, and build the house; and I will take pleasure in it, and I will be glorified, saith Jehovah.
Zech 8:15
72%
15so again have I thought in these days to do good unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
Lam 2:8
72%
8Jehovah hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion; He hath stretched out the line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying; And he hath made the rampart and wall to lament; they languish together.
Ps 135:21
72%
21Blessed be Jehovah out of Zion, Who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Isa 22:10
72%
10and ye numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and ye brake down the houses to fortify the wall;
Isa 62:6-7
2 verses
72%
6I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are Jehovah's remembrancers, take ye no rest,
7and give him no rest, till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.
Ps 116:19
72%
19In the courts of Jehovah's house, In the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye Jehovah.
Isa 60:10
72%
10And foreigners shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favor have I had mercy on thee.
Ps 128:5
72%
5Jehovah bless thee out of Zion: And see thou the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Zech 1:16-17
2 verses
72%
16Therefore thus saith Jehovah: I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies; my house shall be built in it, saith Jehovah of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth over Jerusalem.
17Cry yet again, saying, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: My cities shall yet overflow with prosperity; and Jehovah shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Ps 51:8
72%
8Make me to hear joy and gladness, That the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
Ps 137:6-7
2 verses
72%
6Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, If I remember thee not; If I prefer not Jerusalem Above my chief joy.
7Remember, O Jehovah, against the children of Edom The day of Jerusalem; Who said, Rase it, rase it, Even to the foundation thereof.
Neh 2:17
72%
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the evil case 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.
Ps 48:11
72%
11Let mount Zion be glad, Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of thy judgments.
Ps 125:4
71%
4Do good, O Jehovah, unto those that are good, And to them that are upright in their hearts.
Mic 3:10
71%
10They build up Zion with blood, and Jerusalem with iniquity.
Jer 30:18
71%
18Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be builded upon its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.
Ps 69:35
71%
35For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; And they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
Ps 102:16
71%
16For Jehovah hath built up Zion; He hath appeared in his glory.
Mic 3:12
71%
12Therefore shall Zion for your sake be plowed as a field, and Jerusalem shall become heaps, and the mountain of the house as the high places of a forest.
Dan 9:16
71%
16O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, let thine anger and thy wrath, I pray thee, be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain; because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are round about us.
Isa 25:2
71%
2For thou hast made of a city a heap, of a fortified city a ruin, a palace of strangers to be no city; it shall never be built.
Jer 31:38
71%
38Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that the city shall be built to Jehovah from the tower of Hananel unto the gate of the corner.
Isa 58:12
71%
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 51:3
70%
3For Jehovah hath comforted Zion; he hath comforted all her waste places, and hath made her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of Jehovah; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isa 66:10
70%
10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad for her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn over her;
Jer 5:10
70%
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.
Ps 20:2
70%
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, And strengthen thee out of Zion;
Mic 7:11
70%
11A day for building thy walls! in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Isa 26:1
70%
1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: we have a strong city; salvation will he appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Jer 6:8
70%
8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul be alienated from thee; lest I make thee a desolation, a land not inhabited.
Isa 60:15
70%
15Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man passed through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.