Psalms 32
1HAPPY they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
2Happy the man, to whose account the Lord will not charge sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile.
3Because I kept silence, my bones were consumed; by reason of my crying all the live long day.
4Because day and night Thy hand was heavy on me, I was reduced to misery by a piercing thorn.
5I acknowledged my sin and did not conceal mine iniquity. I said, Against myself I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord, thereupon Thou didst forgive the wickedness of my heart.
6For this every pious man should pray to Thee in due time. Moreover in a flood of many waters, are they not to draw near to Him?
7Thou art my refuge from affliction, which surroundeth me—my jubilee to redeem me from them who encompass me.
8Let Me instruct thee and teach thee the way thou shouldst go. I will fix steadily Mine eyes upon thee.
9Be not like a horse or a mule, which have no understanding, the mouths of which, when they come not to thee, thou must strain with a bridle or a cavesson.
10Many are the chastisements of the sinner; but mercy will encompass him who trusteth in the Lord.
11Rejoice in the Lord and exult ye righteous, and shout for joy all ye who are upright in heart.