Psalm 51:18

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Nehemiah 2:17

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.”

Psalm 102:16

when the Lord rebuilds Zion, and reveals his splendor,

Psalm 147:2

The Lord rebuilds Jerusalem, and gathers the exiles of Israel.

Psalm 25:22

O God, rescue Israel from all their distress!

Psalm 40:7

Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

Psalm 69:35

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

Isaiah 51:3

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

Isaiah 58:12

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.’

Isaiah 62:1

“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.”

Jeremiah 51:50

You who have escaped the sword, go, do not delay. Remember the Lord in a faraway land. Think about Jerusalem.

Daniel 9:25

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.

Micah 6:7

Will the Lord accept a thousand rams, or ten thousand streams of olive oil? Should I give him my firstborn child as payment for my rebellion, my offspring – my own flesh and blood – for my sin?

Micah 7:11

It will be a day for rebuilding your walls; in that day your boundary will be extended.

Zechariah 2:5

But I (the Lord says) will be a wall of fire surrounding Jerusalem and the source of glory in her midst.’”

Luke 12:32

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.

Ephesians 1:5

He did this by predestining us to adoption as his sons through Jesus Christ, according to the pleasure of his will –

Ephesians 1:9

He did this when he revealed to us the secret of his will, according to his good pleasure that he set forth in Christ,

Philippians 2:13

for the one bringing forth in you both the desire and the effort – for the sake of his good pleasure – is God.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

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,