Psalms 51:18 · KJV
“Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.”
— Psalms 51:18
The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Psalms 51 — Context
For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give {it}: thou delightest not in burnt offering. {else...: or, that I should}
17The sacrifices of God {are} a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
18Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.
Cross References
Psalms 102:16
When the LORD shall build up Zion, he shall appear in his glory.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of {his} good pleasure.
Zechariah 2:5
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.
Ephesians 1:5
Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will,
Psalms 122:6-9
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
Luke 12:32
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Isaiah 51:3
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.
Nehemiah 2:17
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.