Psalms 51:18

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Do good{H8685)} in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build{H8799)} 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 102:16 : 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear 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 Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily , the care of all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?
Eph 1:5 : 5 Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Eph 1:9 : 9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
Phil 2:13 : 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
2 Thess 1:11 : 11 Wherefore 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:
Neh 2:17 : 17 Then 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.
Ps 25:22 : 22 Redeem Israel, O God, out of all his troubles.
Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will save{H8686)} Zion, and will build{H8799)} the cities of Judah: that they may dwell{H8804)} there, and have it in possession{H8804)}.
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 Because of the house of the LORD our God I will seek thy good.
Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. 6 If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.
Ps 147:2 : 2 The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Isa 51:3 : 3 For the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; 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 the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth.
Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I 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, 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 away, stand not still: remember the LORD afar off, and let Jerusalem come into your mind.
Dan 9:25 : 25 Know 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.
Mic 7:11 : 11 In the day that thy walls are to be built, in that day shall the decree be far removed.
Zech 2:5 : 5 For I, saith the LORD, will be unto her a wall of fire round about, and 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 shalt thou be pleased{H8799)} with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer{H8686)} bullocks upon thine altar.
Ps 147:1-2
2 verses
77%
1Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely.
2The LORD 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 the LORD, 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 desirest{H8799)} not sacrifice; else would I give{H8799)} it: thou delightest{H8799)} not in burnt offering.
17The sacrifices of God are a broken{H8737)} spirit: a broken{H8737)} and a contrite{H8737)} heart, O God, thou wilt not despise{H8799)}.
Ps 102:13-14
2 verses
73%
13Thou shalt arise, and have mercy upon Zion: for the time to favour her, yea, the set time, is come.
14For thy servants take pleasure in her stones, and favour the dust thereof.
Isa 44:26
73%
26That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
Isa 52:9
73%
9Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.
Ps 122:2-3
2 verses
73%
2Our feet shall stand within thy gates, O Jerusalem.
3Jerusalem is 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 the LORD.
Zech 8:15
72%
15So again have I thought in these days to do well unto Jerusalem and to the house of Judah: fear ye not.
Lam 2:8
72%
8The LORD hath purposed to destroy the wall of the daughter of Zion: he hath stretched out a line, he hath not withdrawn his hand from destroying: therefore he made the rampart and the wall to lament; they languished together.
Ps 135:21
72%
21Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Isa 22:10
72%
10And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall.
Isa 62:6-7
2 verses
72%
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.
Ps 116:19
72%
19In the courts of the LORD'S house, in the midst of thee, O Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.
Isa 60:10
72%
10And the sons of strangers shall build up thy walls, and their kings shall minister unto thee: for in my wrath I smote thee, but in my favour have I had mercy on thee.
Ps 128:5
72%
5The LORD shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
Zech 1:16-17
2 verses
72%
16Therefore thus saith the LORD; I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies: my house shall be built in it, saith the LORD of hosts, and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem.
17Cry yet, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; My cities through prosperity shall yet be spread abroad; and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion, and shall yet choose Jerusalem.
Ps 51:8
72%
8Make me to hear{H8686)} joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken{H8765)} may rejoice{H8799)}.
Ps 137:6-7
2 verses
72%
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.
7Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in 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 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.
Ps 48:11
72%
11Let mount Zion rejoice{H8799)}, let the daughters of Judah be glad{H8799)}, because of thy judgments.
Ps 125:4
71%
4Do good, O LORD, unto those that be 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 the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.
Ps 69:35
71%
35For God will save{H8686)} Zion, and will build{H8799)} the cities of Judah: that they may dwell{H8804)} there, and have it in possession{H8804)}.
Ps 102:16
71%
16When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear 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 the forest.
Dan 9:16
71%
16O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury 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 about us.
Isa 25:2
71%
2For thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced 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 the LORD, that the city shall be built to the LORD from the tower of Hananeel 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 the LORD shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Isa 66:10
70%
10Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her: rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her:
Jer 5:10
70%
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
Ps 20:2
70%
2Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion;
Mic 7:11
70%
11In the day that thy walls are to be built, 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 God appoint for walls and bulwarks.
Jer 6:8
70%
8Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.
Isa 60:15
70%
15Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.