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- Chapter 51
- Verse 18
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.
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Gill's Exposition
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion,.... This verse, and Psa 51:19, are thought, by a Spanish Rabbi mentioned by Aben Ezra, to have been added by one of the holy men that lived in the time of the…
Barnes' Notes
Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion - From himself - his deep sorrow, his conscious guilt, his earnest prayer for pardon and salvation - the psalmist turns to Zion, to the city of God, to the…
I. David prays against the guilt of sin, and prays for the grace of God, enforcing both petitions from a plea taken from the glory of God, which he promises with thankfulness to show forth. 1. He…
Prayer of Israel in exile for the restoration of Jerusalem and the renewal of the Temple worship.
Reasons have already been given for thinking that these verses are not part of the original Psalm,…
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