Psalm 32

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil of David.

¹Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

⁴For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I acknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is godly

offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found;

surely in the rush of great waters,

they shall not reach him.

⁷You are a hiding place for me;

you preserve me from trouble;

you surround me with shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will counsel you with my eye upon you.

⁹Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

which must be curbed with bit and bridle,

or it will not stay near you.

¹⁰Many are the sorrows of the wicked,

but steadfast love surrounds the one who trusts in the Lord.

¹¹Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,

and shout for joy, all you upright in heart!