Psalms 32

Thanksgiving for Forgiveness of Sins

¹Happy is he whose transgression is taken away,

whose sin is covered.

²Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity

and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

³When I kept silent, my bones were worn out

due to my groaning all the day.

⁴For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.

My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah

⁵I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover.

I said, “I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh,”

and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let all the faithful pray to you

at the time for finding you.

Surely at the flood of many waters they will not reach him.

⁷You are my hiding place;

from trouble you preserve me.

With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah

⁸I will instruct you and teach you[#Yahweh is speaking in vv. 8–9]

in the way that you should go.

I will advise you with my eye upon you.

⁹Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding;

that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint

or he would not come near you.

¹⁰Many are the pains of the wicked,

but for the one who trusts Yahweh

loyal love surrounds him.

¹¹Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous,

and shout for joy, all you upright of heart.