Psalms 32:4-9

⁴For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; My moisture dried up, as in summer's drought.

⁵At length I acknowledged to thee my sin, And did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgression to the LORD;” And thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin! Pause.

⁶Therefore shall every pious man pray to thee, while thou mayst be found; Surely the floods of great waters shall not come near him.

⁷Thou art my hiding-place; thou preservest me from trouble; Thou compassest me about with songs of deliverance. Pause.

⁸I will instruct thee, and show thee the way thou shouldst go; I will give thee counsel, and keep mine eye upon thee.

⁹Be ye not like the horse and the mule, which have no understanding, Whose mouths must be pressed with the bridle and curb, Because they will not come near thee!