Ps 32

1 A Psalm of instruction Gr. for, or, of by David. - Ro 4:7, 8 Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. 2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 3 Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while See Hebrew a thorn was fastened in me. Pause. 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. 6 Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh 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. 8 I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix mine eyes upon you. 9 Be you not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; Alex. agxeiv but you must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to you. 10 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him whom hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 11 Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you righteous: and glory, all you that are upright in heart.