Psalms 32:1-11

¹“Of David: a Maskil.” Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

²Happy is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my crying all the day.

⁴For by day and night lay thy hand heavily upon me: my life's moisture hath been changed through the droughts of summer. Selah.

⁵My sin do I ever acknowledge unto thee, and my iniquity have I not covered up. I said, I will make confession because of my transgressions unto the Lord: and thou truly forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶For this shall every pious one pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely then when great waters overflow, they shall never reach unto him.

⁷Thou art my hiding-place; from distress wilt thou preserve me; with songs of deliverance wilt thou encompass me. Selah.

⁸I will instruct thee and I will teach thee concerning the way which thou oughtest to go: I will counsel thee with my eye.

⁹Be ye not like the horse, or like the mule, who hath no understanding; who must be held in with bit and bridle, his ornament, lest he come near unto thee.

¹⁰Many are the pains of the wicked; but him that trusteth in the Lord will he encompass with kindness.

¹¹Rejoice in the Lord, and be glad, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.