Psalms 32

1 AN INSTRUCTION OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is 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 unto whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, 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.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring 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 your hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. (Selah)

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 acknowledge my sin unto you, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)

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 godly pray unto you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great 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)

You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall compass me about with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

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 teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with mine eye.

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 all of you 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 you.

10 Many [are] the pains of the wicked; As for him who is trusting in YHWH, Kindness surrounds him.

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

11 Be glad in YHWH, and rejoice, you righteous, And sing, all you upright of heart!

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, all of you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart.