Psalms 32

1 “A psalm of David.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned!

[A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.

2 Happy the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile!

Blessed [is] the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.

3 While I kept silence, my bones were wasted, By reason of my groaning all the day long.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; My moisture dried up, as in summer's drought.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. (Selah)

5 At length I acknowledged to thee my sin, And did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgression to the LORD;” And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin! (Pause)

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)

6 Therefore shall every pious man pray to thee, while thou mayst be found; Surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

7 Thou art my hiding-place; thou preservest me from trouble; Thou compassest me about with songs of deliverance. (Pause)

Thou [art] my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. (Selah)

8 I will instruct thee, and show thee the way thou shouldst go; I will give thee counsel, and keep mine eye upon thee.

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

9 Be ye not like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!

Be ye 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 thee.

10 The wicked hath many sorrows; But he that trusteth in the LORD is encompassed with mercies.

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

11 Rejoice in the LORD, and be glad, ye righteous; Shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart!

Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.