Psalms 32

1 [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.

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

2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.

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

3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.

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

4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. (Pause)

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

5 I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. (Pause)

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)

6 Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him.

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 near to him.

7 You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. (Pause)

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

8 I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix mine eyes upon you.

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

9 Be you not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you.

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.

10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.

Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall surround him.

11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you 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.