Psalms 32
32
A psalm#32:TITLE Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term. of David.
1Oh, what joy for those
whose disobedience is forgiven,
whose sin is put out of sight!
2Yes, what joy for those
whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt,#32:2 Greek version reads of sin. Compare Rom 4:8.
whose lives are lived in complete honesty!
3When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
4Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude
5Finally, I confessed all my sins to you
and stopped trying to hide my guilt.
I said to myself, “I will confess my rebellion to the Lord.”
And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude
6Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time,
that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.
7For you are my hiding place;
you protect me from trouble.
You surround me with songs of victory. Interlude
8The Lord says, “I will guide you along the best pathway for your life.
I will advise you and watch over you.
9Do not be like a senseless horse or mule
that needs a bit and bridle to keep it under control.”
10Many sorrows come to the wicked,
but unfailing love surrounds those who trust the Lord.
11So rejoice in the Lord and be glad, all you who obey him!
Shout for joy, all you whose hearts are pure!
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Psalms 32
32
PSALM 32
Of David. Instruction.
1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! 2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile! 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long. 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. 6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.
7Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel thee with mine eye upon thee. 9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee. 10Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him. 11Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.
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First published in 1890. This edition is maintained by the British and Foreign Bible Society.