Psalms 32

¹Of David. A maskil. Happy is he whose transgression is taken away, whose sin is covered. ²Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity and in whose spirit there is not deceit. ³When I kept silent, my bones were worn out due to my groaning all the day. ⁴For day and night your hand was heavy upon me. My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah ⁵I made known my sin to you, and my iniquity I did not cover. I said, “I will confess concerning my transgressions to Yahweh,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah ⁶Therefore let all the faithful pray to you at the time for finding you. Surely at the flood of many waters they will not reach him. ⁷You are my hiding place; from trouble you preserve me. With cries of deliverance you surround me. Selah ⁸I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go. I will advise you with my eye upon you. ⁹Do not be like a horse or like a mule, without understanding; that needs his tackle—bridle and rein—for restraint or he would not come near you. ¹⁰Many are the pains of the wicked, but for the one who trusts Yahweh loyal love surrounds him. ¹¹Be glad in Yahweh and rejoice, you righteous, and shout for joy, all you upright of heart.