Psalm 32:1-Psalm 33:1 - The Joy Of Forgiveness
1 [A Psalm of David. A maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputes not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones grew old through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: my strength is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto you, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto you in a time when you may be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near unto him. 7 You are my hiding place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall surround me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go: I will guide you with my eye. 9 Be you not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, else they come not near unto you.
10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusts in the LORD, mercy shall surround him. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous: and shout for joy, all you that are upright in heart.
1 Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous: for praise is fitting for the upright.