Psalms 32
1 AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
[A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
2 O the blessedness of a man, To whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
3 When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, Through my roaring all the day.
Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
4 When by day and by night Your hand is heavy on me, My moisture has been changed Into the droughts of summer. (Selah)
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause)
5 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)
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)
6 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.
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.
7 You [are] a hiding place for me, You keep me from distress, Surround me [with] songs of deliverance. (Selah)
You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause)
8 I cause you to act wisely, And direct you in the way that you go, I cause My eye to take counsel concerning you.
I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix mine eyes upon you.
9 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.
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.
10 Many [are] the pains of the wicked; As for him who is trusting in YHWH, Kindness surrounds him.
Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
11 Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous, And sing, all you upright of heart!
Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you that are upright in heart.
