Psalm 32

David says, Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputes not iniquity—David acknowledges his sin—He recommends that the righteous be glad in the Lord and rejoice.

A Psalm of David, Maschil.

 1 aBlessed is he whose btransgression is cforgiven, whose sin is covered.

 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no aguile.

 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my amoisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will aconfess my btransgressions unto the Lord; and thou cforgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

 6 For this shall every one that is agodly 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.

 7 Thou art my ahiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

 8 I will instruct thee and ateach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

 9 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.

 10 Many asorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that btrusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

 11 Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.