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Psalm 32.
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Concealed sin is described as a heavy burden, while confession opens into forgiveness. The forgiven person is invited to receive guidance rather than resist it.
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- 1A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
- 2Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
- 3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- 4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- 5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
- 6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
- 7Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
- 8I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
- 9Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
- 10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.
- 11Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
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