PSALM 32

    ¹A David maskil.

    Happy, of sin forgiven,

          absolved of offense.

    ²Happy, the man to whom

          the LORD reckons no crime,

                in whose spirit is no deceit.

    ³When I was silent, my limbs were worn out—

          when I roared all day long.

    ⁴For day and night

          Your hand was heavy upon me.

                My sap turned to summer dust.

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    ⁵My offense I made known to You

          and my crime I did not cover.

    I said, “I shall confess my sins to the LORD,”

          and You forgave my offending crime.

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    ⁶[For this every faithful man prays to You in time of need: only that the rush of mighty waters should not reach him.]

    ⁷You are a shelter for me.

          From the foe You keep me,

                with glad songs of deliverance surround me.

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    ⁸Let me teach you, instruct you the way you should go.

          Let me counsel you with my own sight.

    ⁹Be not like a horse, like a mule, without sense,

          the bit and the reins his adornment—

                to keep him from drawing near you.

    ¹⁰Many are the wicked’s pains,

          but who trusts in the LORD kindness surrounds him.

    ¹¹Rejoice in the LORD and exult, O you righteous,

          sing gladly, all upright men!