Psalm 51:18

The Passion Translation

Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her. Be the protecting wall around Jerusalem.

Cross References

Psalm 102:16

Yes, you will reveal yourself to Zion and appear in the brightness of your glory to restore her and give her children.

Psalm 147:2

Yahweh builds up Jerusalem; he gathers up the outcasts and brings them home.

Psalm 25:22

Zealously, God, we ask you to come save Israel from all her troubles, for you provide the ransom price for your people!

Psalm 40:7

So I said, “Here I am! I’m coming to you as a sacrifice, for in the prophetic scrolls of your book you have written about me.

Psalm 69:35

God will come to save his Zion-people. God will build up his cities of Judah, for there his people will live in peace.

Isaiah 51:3

Indeed, Yahweh will comfort Zion, restore her, and comfort all her broken places. He will transform her wilderness into the garden of Bliss, her desert into the garden of Yahweh. Joy and laughter will fill the air with thanksgiving and joyous melodies.

Isaiah 58:12

Your people will rebuild long-deserted ruins, building anew on foundations laid long before you. You will be known as Repairers of the Cities and Restorers of Communities.

Isaiah 62:1

For Zion’s sake, how can I keep silent? For Jerusalem’s sake, how can I remain quiet? I will keep interceding until her righteousness breaks forth like the blazing light of dawn and her salvation like a burning torch!

Jeremiah 51:50

“You who have escaped with your life, do not wait to leave Babylon behind. Remember Yahweh your God in a distant land, and let your thoughts turn to beautiful Jerusalem.”

Daniel 9:25

“You must know and understand this: From the issuing of God’s decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Anointed Ruler comes, there will be seven ‘sevens,’ and sixty-two ‘sevens.’ Jerusalem will be rebuilt with broad streets and a trench, but during times of great distress.

Luke 12:32

So don’t ever be afraid, dearest friends! Your loving Father joyously gives you his kingdom with all its promises!

Ephesians 1:5

For it was always in his perfect plan to adopt us as his delightful children, through our union with Jesus, the Anointed One, so that his tremendous love that cascades over us would glorify his grace —for the same love he has for the Beloved, Jesus, he has for us. And this unfolding plan brings him great pleasure!

Ephesians 1:9

And through the revelation of the Anointed One, he unveiled his secret desires to us—the hidden mystery of his long-range plan, which he was delighted to implement from the very beginning of time.

Philippians 2:13

God will continually revitalize you, implanting within you the passion to do what pleases him.

2 Thessalonians 1:11

With this in mind, we constantly pray that our God will empower you to live worthy of all that he has invited you to experience. And we pray that by his power all the pleasures of goodness and all works inspired by faith would fill you completely.