Psalms 32
1 AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
To David himself, understanding. Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose 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 hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, Through my roaring all the day.
Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long.
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 thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened.
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 have acknowledged my sin to thee, and my injustice I have not concealed. I said I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou hast forgiven the wickedness of my sin.
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.
For this shall every one that is holy pray to thee in a seasonable time. And yet in a flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.
7 You [are] a hiding place for me, You keep me from distress, Surround me [with] songs of deliverance. (Selah)
Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath encompassed me: my joy, deliver me from them that surround me.
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 give thee understanding, and I will instruct thee in this way, in which thou shalt go: I will fix my eyes upon thee.
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.
Do not become like the horse and the mule, who have no understanding. With bit and bridle bind fast their jaws, who come not near unto thee.
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 mercy shall encompass him that hopeth in the Lord.
11 Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous, And sing, all you upright of heart!
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye just, and glory, all ye right of heart.
