Psalms 51:18

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! Fortify the walls of Jerusalem!

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 102:16 : 16 when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,
  • Luke 12:32 : 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
  • 2 Cor 11:28-29 : 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my anxious concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?
  • Eph 1:5 : 5 He did this by predestining us to adoption as his legal heirs through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will–
  • Eph 1:9 : 9 He did this when he revealed to us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,
  • Phil 2:13 : 13 for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort– for the sake of his good pleasure– is God.
  • 2 Thess 1:11 : 11 And in this regard we pray for you always, that our God will make you worthy of his calling and fulfill by his power your every desire for goodness and every work of faith,
  • Neh 2:17 : 17 Then I said to them,“You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”
  • Ps 25:22 : 22 O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!
  • Ps 69:35 : 35 For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.
  • Ps 122:6-9 : 6 Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper! 7 May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses! 8 For the sake of my brothers and my neighbors I will say,“May there be peace in you!” 9 For the sake of the temple of the LORD our God I will pray for you to prosper.
  • Ps 137:5-6 : 5 If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand be crippled! 6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.
  • Ps 147:2 : 2 The LORD rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.
  • Isa 51:3 : 3 Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her arid rift valley like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.
  • Isa 58:12 : 12 Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’
  • Isa 62:1 : 1 The Lord Takes Delight in Zion“For the sake of Zion I will not be silent; for the sake of Jerusalem I will not be quiet, until her vindication shines brightly and her deliverance burns like a torch.”
  • Isa 62:6-7 : 6 I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent! 7 Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.
  • Jer 51:50 : 50 You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the LORD in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem.
  • Dan 9:25 : 25 So know and understand: From the issuing of the command to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until an anointed one, a prince arrives, there will be a period of seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will again be built, with plaza and moat, but in distressful times.
  • Mic 7:11 : 11 It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.
  • Zech 2:5 : 5 But I(the LORD says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.’”

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    19Then you will accept the proper sacrifices, burnt sacrifices and whole offerings; then bulls will be sacrificed on your altar.

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    1Praise the LORD, for it is good to sing praises to our God! Yes, praise is pleasant and appropriate!

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  • Ps 122:6-7
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    6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem! May those who love her prosper!

    7May there be peace inside your defenses, and prosperity inside your fortresses!

  • Ps 147:12-13
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    12Extol the LORD, O Jerusalem! Praise your God, O Zion!

    13For he makes the bars of your gates strong. He blesses your children within you.

  • Ps 51:16-17
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    16Certainly you do not want a sacrifice, or else I would offer it; you do not desire a burnt sacrifice.

    17The sacrifices God desires are a humble spirit– O God, a humble and repentant heart you will not reject.

  • Ps 102:13-14
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    13You will rise up and have compassion on Zion. For it is time to have mercy on her, for the appointed time has come.

    14Indeed, your servants take delight in her stones, and feel compassion for the dust of her ruins.

  • Isa 44:26
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    26who fulfills the oracles of his prophetic servants and brings to pass the announcements of his messengers, who says about Jerusalem,‘She will be inhabited,’ and about the towns of Judah,‘They will be rebuilt, her ruins I will raise up,’

  • Isa 52:9
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    9In unison give a joyful shout, O ruins of Jerusalem! For the LORD consoles his people; he protects Jerusalem.

  • Ps 122:2-3
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    2Our feet are standing inside your gates, O Jerusalem.

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  • Hag 1:8
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    8Go up to the hill country and bring back timber to build the temple. Then I will be pleased and honored,’ says the LORD.

  • Zech 8:15
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    15so, to the contrary, I have planned in these days to do good to Jerusalem and Judah– do not fear!

  • Lam 2:8
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    8ח(Khet) The LORD was determined to tear down Daughter Zion’s wall. He prepared to knock it down; he did not withdraw his hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and fortified walls lament; together they mourned their ruin.

  • Ps 135:21
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    21The LORD deserves praise in Zion– he who dwells in Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • Isa 22:10
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    10You counted the houses in Jerusalem, and demolished houses so you could have material to reinforce the wall.

  • Isa 62:6-7
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    6I post watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they should keep praying all day and all night. You who pray to the LORD, don’t be silent!

    7Don’t allow him to rest until he reestablishes Jerusalem, until he makes Jerusalem the pride of the earth.

  • Ps 116:19
    72%

    19in the courts of the LORD’s temple, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Praise the LORD!

  • Isa 60:10
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    10Foreigners will rebuild your walls; their kings will serve you. Even though I struck you down in my anger, I will restore my favor and have compassion on you.

  • Ps 128:5
    72%

    5May the LORD bless you from Zion, that you might see Jerusalem prosper all the days of your life,

  • Zech 1:16-17
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    16The Oracle of Response“‘Therefore,’ this is what the LORD has said,‘I have become compassionate toward Jerusalem and will rebuild my temple in it,’ says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.‘Once more a surveyor’s measuring line will be stretched out over Jerusalem.’

    17Speak up again with the message of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:‘My cities will once more overflow with prosperity, and once more the LORD will comfort Zion and validate his choice of Jerusalem.’”

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    8Grant me the ultimate joy of being forgiven! May the bones you crushed rejoice!

  • Ps 137:6-7
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    6May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth, if I do not remember you, and do not give Jerusalem priority over whatever gives me the most joy.

    7Remember, O LORD, what the Edomites did on the day Jerusalem fell. They said,“Tear it down, tear it down, right to its very foundation!”

  • Neh 2:17
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    17Then I said to them,“You see the problem that we have: Jerusalem is desolate and its gates are burned. Come on! Let’s rebuild the wall of Jerusalem so that this reproach will not continue.”

  • Ps 48:11
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    11Mount Zion rejoices; the towns of Judah are happy, because of your acts of judgment.

  • Ps 125:4
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    4Do good, O LORD, to those who are good, to the morally upright!

  • Mic 3:10
    71%

    10You build Zion through bloody crimes, Jerusalem through unjust violence.

  • Jer 30:18
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    18The Lord Will Restore Israel and Judah The LORD says,“I will restore the ruined houses of the descendants of Jacob. I will show compassion on their ruined homes. Every city will be rebuilt on its former ruins. Every fortified dwelling will occupy its traditional site.

  • Ps 69:35
    71%

    35For God will deliver Zion and rebuild the cities of Judah, and his people will again live in them and possess Zion.

  • Ps 102:16
    71%

    16when the LORD rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

  • Mic 3:12
    71%

    12Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed up like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of ruins, and the Temple Mount will become a hill overgrown with brush!

  • Dan 9:16
    71%

    16O Lord, according to all your justice, please turn your raging anger away from your city Jerusalem, your holy mountain. For due to our sins and the iniquities of our ancestors, Jerusalem and your people are mocked by all our neighbors.

  • Isa 25:2
    71%

    2Indeed, you have made the city into a heap of rubble, the fortified town into a heap of ruins; the fortress of foreigners is no longer a city, it will never be rebuilt.

  • Jer 31:38
    71%

    38Jerusalem Will Be Enlarged“Indeed a time is coming,” says the LORD,“when the city of Jerusalem will be rebuilt as my special city. It will be built from the Tower of Hananel westward to the Corner Gate.

  • Isa 58:12
    71%

    12Your perpetual ruins will be rebuilt; you will reestablish the ancient foundations. You will be called,‘The one who repairs broken walls, the one who makes the streets inhabitable again.’

  • Isa 51:3
    70%

    3Certainly the LORD will console Zion; he will console all her ruins. He will make her wilderness like Eden, her arid rift valley like the Garden of the LORD. Happiness and joy will be restored to her, thanksgiving and the sound of music.

  • Isa 66:10
    70%

    10Be happy for Jerusalem and rejoice with her, all you who love her! Share in her great joy, all you who have mourned over her!

  • Jer 5:10
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    10The LORD commanded the enemy,“March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD.

  • Ps 20:2
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    2May he send you help from his temple; from Zion may he give you support!

  • Mic 7:11
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    11It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

  • Isa 26:1
    70%

    1Judah Will Celebrate At that time this song will be sung in the land of Judah:“We have a strong city! The LORD’s deliverance, like walls and a rampart, makes it secure.

  • Jer 6:8
    70%

    8So take warning, Jerusalem, or I will abandon you in disgust and make you desolate, a place where no one can live.”

  • Isa 60:15
    70%

    15You were once abandoned and despised, with no one passing through, but I will make you a permanent source of pride and joy to coming generations.