Psalms 32

1 A psalm of David. How happy are those whose wrongs are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

[A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.

2 How happy are those whose sins the Lord does not count against them, those who do not act deceptively.

Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.

3 When I kept quiet, my body fell apart as I groaned in distress all day long.

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

4 You beat me day and night, my strength dried up as in the heat of summer. (Selah)

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

5 Then I confessed my sins to you. I did not hide the wrongs I had done. I said to myself, “I will confess my disobedience to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sins. (Selah)

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, 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)

6 Therefore let all who are faithful pray to you while there's time, so when trouble comes in like a flood it will not overwhelm them.

For 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.

7 For you are my refuge, you protect me from trouble. You surround me with songs of salvation. (Selah)

Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

8 “I will instruct you, teaching you the way to follow. I will advise you, watching out for you.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

9 You mustn't be like a horse or a mule that doesn't know which way to go without a bit or a bridle. Otherwise they can't be controlled.”

Be 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.

10 The wicked have many problems, but those who trust in the Lord will be surrounded by his never-failing love.

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

11 So be happy in the Lord and celebrate, you who do good. Shout for joy, all you who live right!

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