Psalms 32

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

Those whom God has forgiven for rebelling against him, whose stains [MET] of sin have been wiped away, are truly blessed [by God]!

2 O the blessedness of a man, To whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Those whose record of their sins Yahweh has erased, those who no longer do deceitful things, are [truly] blessed [by God]!

3 When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, Through my roaring all the day.

When I did not confess my sins, (my body/I) was very weak and sick, and I groaned (all day long/continually).

4 When by day and by night Your hand is heavy on me, My moisture has been changed Into the droughts of summer. (Selah)

Day and night, [Yahweh], you [SYN] punished me severely. My strength drained away like [water that] ([evaporates/dries up]) on a hot summer [day].

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)

[Then/Finally] I admitted/confessed my sins to you; I stopped trying to hide them. (Think about that!) I said [to myself], “I will confess to Yahweh the wrong things that I have done.” And [when I confessed them], you forgave me, so now I (am no longer guilty/will no longer be punished) for my sins.

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, the people who are godly should pray to you [when they] (realize that they have sinned/have difficulties). If they pray to you, [difficulties] [MET] will not overwhelm them [like] a great flood.

7 You [are] a hiding place for me, You keep me from distress, Surround me [with] songs of deliverance. (Selah)

You are [like] a place where I can hide [from my enemies] [MET], you protect me from troubles, and you (enable me/[put people around me who will enable me]) to shout, praising you for saving me [from my enemies].

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.

[Yahweh says], “I will teach you about how you should conduct your life. I will instruct you and watch over 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.

Do not be stupid like horses and mules that do not have understanding; they need (bits/pieces of metal put in their mouths) and (bridles/ropes fastened to their head) so they will go in the direction you want them to go.”

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

Wicked people will have many [troubles that will make them] sad, but those who trust in Yahweh will experience him faithfully loving them all the time.

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

[So, all] you righteous people, rejoice about what Yahweh [has done for you]; you whose (inner beings/lives) are pure, be glad and shout joyfully!