Psalm 32

¹Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity,

in whose spirit there is no deceit.

³When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

⁴For day and night your hand was heavy on me.

My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.

⁵I 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.

⁶For 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.

⁷You are my hiding place.

You will preserve me from trouble.

You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

⁸I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.

I will counsel you with my eye on you.

⁹Don’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.

¹⁰Many sorrows come to the wicked,

but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.

¹¹Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous!

Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!