Psalm 32
Blessed is he whose sin is forgiven
: whose iniquity is put away.
Blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputes no blame
: and in whose spirit there is no guile.
For whilst I held my tongue
: my bones wasted away with my daily complaining.
Your hand was heavy upon me day and night
: and my moisture was dried up like a drought in summer.
Then I acknowledged my sin to you
: and my iniquity I did not hide;
I said ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’
: and so you forgave the wickedness of my sin.
For this cause shall everyone that is faithful
make his prayer to you in the day of trouble
: and in the time of the great water-floods,
they shall not come near him.
You are a place to hide me in,
you will preserve me from trouble
: you will surround me with deliverance on every side.
‘I will instruct you, and direct you in the way that you should go
: I will fasten my eye upon you, and give you counsel.
‘Be not like horse or mule, that have no understanding
: whose forward course must be curbed with bit and bridle.’
Great tribulations remain for the ungodly
: but whoever puts his trust in the Lord,
mercy embraces him on every side.
Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous, and be glad
: and shout for joy, all you that are true of heart.