Psalms 32

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

By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience 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 to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.

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

When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all 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 on me. My strength was sapped in the heat 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 acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to 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, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach 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 hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me 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 counsel you with my eye on 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.

Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

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

Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts 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, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!