Psalms 32
1 [A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.
Of David. Maschil. Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed [is] the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit [there is] no guile.
Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.
When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drouth of summer. (Selah)
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah)
5 I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. (Selah)
I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah)
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray to thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh to him.
For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.
7 Thou [art] my hiding place; thou wilt preserve me from trouble; thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance. (Selah)
You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah)
8 I will instruct thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with my eye.
I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.
9 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 to thee.
Do not be like the horse or the ass, without sense; ...
10 Many sorrows [shall be] to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall encompass him.
The sinner will be full of trouble; but mercy will be round the man who has faith in the Lord.
11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all [ye that are] upright in heart.
Be glad in the Lord with joy, you upright men; give cries of joy, all you whose hearts are true.
