Psalms 32

1 Of David. Maschil. Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

2 Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

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

4 For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah)

For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. (Selah)

5 I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah)

I acknowledge my sin to you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)

6 For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

For this shall every one that is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near to him.

7 You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah)

You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye.

9 Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...

Be you 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 to you.

10 The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart.