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id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/31.htm" title="Psalm 31">◄</a> Psalm 32 <a href="../psalms/33.htm" title="Psalm 33">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/psalms/32.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="psalmheading">A Davidic instruction.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:T Lit. maskil">a</a></span> </p><p class="heading">The Blessings of Forgiveness</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>How blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,</p> <p class="poetry2">whose sin is covered.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>How blessed is the person against whom the LORD does not charge iniquity,</p> <p class="poetry2">and in whose spirit there is no deceit.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>When I kept silent about my sin,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:3 The Heb. lacks about my sin">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">my body<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:3 Lit. bones">c</a></span> wasted away</p> <p class="poetry2">by my groaning all day long.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For your hand was heavy upon me day and night;</p> <p class="poetry2">my strength was exhausted</p> <p class="poetry2">as in a summer drought.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My sin I acknowledged to you;</p> <p class="poetry2">my iniquity I did not hide.</p> <p class="poetry2">I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.”</p> <p class="poetry2">And you forgave the guilt of my sin!</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Therefore every godly person should pray to you at such a time.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="32:6 Lit. at a time of finding">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Surely a flood of great waters will not reach him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You are my hiding place;</p> <p class="poetry2">you will deliver me from trouble</p> <p class="poetry2">and surround me with shouts of deliverance.</p> <p class="selah">Interlude</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will instruct you and teach you</p> <p class="poetry2">concerning the path you should walk;</p> <p class="poetry2">I will direct you with my eye.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Don’t be like a horse or mule,</p> <p class="poetry2">without understanding.</p> <p class="poetry2">They are held in check by a bit and bridle in their mouths;</p> <p class="poetry2">otherwise they will not remain near you.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The wicked have many sorrows,</p> <p class="poetry2">but gracious love surrounds those who trust in the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Righteous ones, be glad in the LORD and rejoice!</p> <p class="poetry2">Shout for joy, all of you who are upright in heart!</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 32:T Lit. <i>maskil</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 32:3 The Heb. lacks <i>about my sin</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 32:3 Lit. <i>bones</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 32:6 Lit. <i>at a time of finding</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../psalms/31.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 31"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 31" 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