Psalms 32
1 [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him 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.
O the blessedness of a man, To whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, Through my roaring all the day.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause)
When by day and by night Your hand is heavy on me, My moisture has been changed Into the droughts 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 cause You to know my sin, And I have not covered my iniquity. I have said, “I confess to YHWH concerning My transgressions,” And You have taken away 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 every saintly one prays this to You, In the time to find [You]. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, They do not come to him.
7 You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause)
You [are] a hiding place for me, You keep me from distress, Surround 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 cause you to act wisely, And direct you in the way that you go, I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.
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.
Do not be as a horse—as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near to you.
10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
Many [are] the pains of the wicked; As for him who is trusting in YHWH, Kindness surrounds him.
11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you that are upright in heart.
Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous, And sing, all you upright of heart!
