Psalm 32

Blessed is the one whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.

Blessed is the one to whom the Lord imputes no sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

For while I held my tongue, my bones wasted away; I ceased not from groaning all the day long.

For your hand was heavy upon me day and night, and I was dried up and withered, as in the drought of summer.

Then I acknowledged my sin unto you, and I did not hide my iniquity.

I said, “I will confess my sins unto the Lord”; and so you forgave the wickedness of my sin.

For this reason shall all the godly make their prayers unto you at a time when you may be found; when the great floodwaters rise, they shall not reach them.

You are my hiding-place; you shall preserve me from trouble; you shall encompass me with songs of deliverance.

“I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go, and I will guide you with my eye.

Do not be like the horse and mule, which have no understanding, whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, or else they will not come near you.”

Great troubles remain for the ungodly; but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.

Be glad, O you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; and be joyful, all who are true of heart.