Psalms 32
1 [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
Of David. Instruction. Blessed is he [whose] transgression is forgiven, [whose] sin is covered!
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!
3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause)
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. (Selah)
5 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. (Pause)
I 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)
6 Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him.
For 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.
7 You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause)
Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. (Selah)
8 I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix mine eyes upon you.
I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.
9 Be you not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you.
Be 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.
10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you that are upright in heart.
Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.
