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Psalms 51:18 — King James Version← Study notes

Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.


Psalms 51:18Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 51:188 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּ֤יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תַחְפֹּ֣ץtaḥəpōṣ
you desireverbH2654
any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···
זֶ֣בַחzebaḥ
sacrificenounH2077
sacrifice
וְ/אֶתֵּ֑נָהwəʾetēnāh
and I will give itconjH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
ע֝וֹלָ֗הʿwōlāh
burnt offeringnounH5930
burnt offering · go up to. See also
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
תִרְצֶֽהtirəṣeh
you are pleased withverbH7521
accomplish · set affection · approve · consent with ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 51:18

1. Neither must this multitude's throng be defrauded, nor their infirmity burthened. Silence we ask, and quiet, in order that our voice, after yesterday's labour, be able with some little vigour to last out. It must be believed, that your love has met together in greater numbers today for nothing else, but that you may pray for those whom an alien and perverse inclination does keep away. For we are speaking neither of heathens nor of Jews, but of Christians: nor of those that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 51 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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