The Psalms 32

The Blessedness of Forgiveness

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, Rom. 4.7, 8

and in whose spirit there is no guile.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old

through my roaring all the day long.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:

my moisture is turned into the drought of summer.

Selah.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee,

and mine iniquity have I not hid.

I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD;

and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. 2 Sam. 12.13

Selah.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee

in a time when thou mayest be found:

surely in the floods of great waters

they shall not come nigh unto him.

Thou art my hiding place;

thou shalt preserve me from trouble;

thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance.

Selah.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:

I will guide thee with mine eye.

Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule,

which have no understanding:

whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle,

lest they come near unto thee.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:

but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous:

and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.

Published by The American Bible Society