Psalms 32
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Psalm 32
The Joy of Forgiveness
Of David. A Maskil.
1 #
Ps 85.2
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 #
Jn 1.47; 2 Cor 5.19 Happy are those to whom the LORD imputes no iniquity
and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 #
Ps 31.10; 38.8; 39.2, 3 While I kept silent, my body wasted away
through my groaning all day long.
4 #
Job 33.7
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up#32.4 Meaning of Heb uncertain as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 #
Lev 26.40; Ps 103.12 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not hide my iniquity;
I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
6 #
Ps 69.13; 144.7; Isa 43.2 Therefore let all who are faithful
offer prayer to you;
at a time of distress,#32.6 Cn: Heb at a time of finding only the rush of mighty waters
shall not reach them.
7 #
Ex 15.1; Ps 31.20; 121.7 You are a hiding place for me;
you preserve me from trouble;
you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. Selah
8 #
Ps 25.8; 33.18 I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 #
Jas 3.3
Do not be like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
whose temper must be curbed with bit and bridle,
else it will not stay near you.
10 #
Prov 16.20; Rom 2.9 Many are the torments of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.
11 #
Ps 64.10
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, O righteous,
and shout for joy, all you upright in heart.
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