Psalms 51:18

51:18 Because you favor Zion, do what is good for her! ¹ 

Fortify ²  the walls of Jerusalem! ³ 

Psalms 137:6-7

137:6 May my tongue stick to the roof of my mouth,

if I do not remember you,

and do not give Jerusalem priority

over whatever gives me the most joy. ⁴ 

137:7 Remember, O Lord, what the Edomites did

on the day Jerusalem fell. ⁵ 

They said, “Tear it down, tear it down, ⁶ 

right to its very foundation!”

Jeremiah 51:50

51:50 You who have escaped the sword, ⁷ 

go, do not delay. ⁸ 

Remember the Lord in a faraway land.

Think about Jerusalem. ⁹ 

John 17:21

17:21 that they will all be one, just as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. I pray ¹⁰  that they will be in us, so that the world will believe that you sent me.

Ephesians 4:3

4:3 making every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.

Ephesians 4:2

4:2 with all humility and gentleness, ¹¹  with patience, bearing with ¹²  one another in love,

Ephesians 3:16

3:16 I pray that ¹³  according to the wealth of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

¹ tn Heb “do what is good for Zion in your favor.”

² tn Or “Build.” The imperfect verbal form is used here to express the psalmist’s wish or request.

³ map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.

⁴ tn Heb “if I do not lift up Jerusalem over the top of my joy.”

⁵ tn Heb “remember, O Lord, against the sons of Edom, the day of Jerusalem.”

⁶ tn Heb “lay [it] bare, lay [it] bare.”

⁷ sn God’s exiled people are told to leave doomed Babylon (see v. 45).

⁸ tn Heb “don’t stand.”

⁹ tn Heb “let Jerusalem go up upon your heart.” The “heart” is often viewed as the seat of one’s mental faculties and thought life.

¹⁰ tn The words “I pray” are repeated from the first part of v. 20 for clarity.

¹¹ tn Or “meekness.” The word is often used in Hellenistic Greek of the merciful execution of justice on behalf of those who have no voice by those who are in a position of authority (Matt 11:29; 21:5).

¹² tn Or “putting up with”; or “forbearing.”

¹³ tn Grk “that.” In Greek v. 16 is a subordinate clause to vv. 14-15.