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Psalm 32

Vers 1

O blessed is the man to whom
is freely pardoned
All the transgression he hath done,
whose sin is covered.

Vers 2

Bless’d is the man to whom the Lord
imputeth not his sin,
And in whose sp’rit there is no guile,
nor fraud is found therein.

Vers 3

When as I did refrain my speech,
and silent was my tongue,
My bones then waxed old, because
I roared all day long.

Vers 4

For upon me both day and night
thine hand did heavy lie,
So that my moisture turned is
in summer’s drought thereby.

Vers 5

I thereupon have unto thee
my sin acknowledged,
And likewise mine iniquity
I have not covered:

Vers 6

I will confess unto the Lord
my trespasses, said I;
And of my sin thou freely didst
forgive th’ iniquity.

Vers 7

For this shall ev’ry godly one
his prayer make to thee;
In such a time he shall thee seek,
as found thou mayest be.

Vers 8

Surely, when floods of waters great
do swell up to the brim,
They shall not overwhelm his soul,
nor once come near to him.

Vers 9

Thou art my hiding-place, thou shalt
from trouble keep me free:
Thou with songs of deliverance
about shalt compass me.

Vers 10

I will instruct thee, and thee teach
the way that thou shalt go;
And, with mine eye upon thee set,
I will direction show.

Vers 11

Then be not like the horse or mule,
which do not understand;
Whose mouth, lest they come near to thee,
a bridle must command.

Vers 12

Unto the man that wicked is
his sorrows shall abound;
But him that trusteth in the Lord
mercy shall compass round.

Vers 13

Ye righteous, in the Lord be glad,
in him do ye rejoice:
All ye that upright are in heart,
for joy lift up your voice.
About this psalm

Psalm 32 is a psalm of David and belongs to Book I (Psalm 1–41) of the Psalter. Penitential psalm: The seven traditional penitential psalms of the church.

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