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Psalms 51:18 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem. "
Psalms 51:18
Verse in Context
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For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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.
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Psalms 51:1
"[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions."
Psalms 51:2
"Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin."
Psalms 51:3
"For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever"
Psalms 51:4
"Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest."
Psalms 51:5
"Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive"
Psalms 51:6
"Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom."
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