Psalm 32

The Blessedness of Forgiveness

1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,[#Rom 4.7,8.]

whose sin is covered.

2Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old

through my roaring all the day long.

4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:

my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5I acknowledged my sin unto thee,[#2 Sam 12.13.]

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. Selah.

6For 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.

7Thou art my hiding place;

thou shalt preserve me from trouble;

thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go:

I will guide thee with mine eye.

9Be 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.

10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked:

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

11Be glad in the Lord , and rejoice, ye righteous:

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

King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
Published by: American Bible Society