Verse 18

Psalms 51:18

Noah Webster Bible

18 Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י לֹא תַחְפֹּ֣ץ זֶ֣בַח וְ/אֶתֵּ֑נָה ע֝וֹלָ֗ה לֹ֣א תִרְצֶֽה
English Translation
For you do not delight in sacrifice, and if I were to give a burnt offering, you would not be pleased.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 51 Context
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in t... Focus ↗
2 Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. Focus ↗
3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Focus ↗
4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mayest be justifi... Focus ↗
5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me. Focus ↗
6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know w... Focus ↗
7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. Focus ↗
8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Focus ↗
9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all my iniquities. Focus ↗
10 Create in me a clean heart, O God (Elohim); and renew a right spirit within me. Focus ↗
11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me. Focus ↗
12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit. Focus ↗
13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted to thee. Focus ↗
14 Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God (Elohim), thou God (Elohim) of my salvation: and my tongue s... Focus ↗
15 O LORD, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall show forth thy praise. Focus ↗
16 For thou desirest not sacrifice: else would I give it : thou delightest not in burnt-offering. Focus ↗
17 The sacrifices of God (Elohim) are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God (Elohim), t... Focus ↗
18 Do good in thy good pleasure to Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt-offering and whole burnt... Focus ↗