1(32) A Psalm of instruction by David. Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.
3Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause.
5I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity: I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.
6Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him.