Psalm 32
Darby Translation · 11 verses
Of David. Instruction.
1Blessed is he [whose] transgression is forgiven, [whose] sin is covered!2Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.4For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.5I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.6For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.7Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.8I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.9Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.10Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.11Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.Darby's Synopsis
Now (Psalm 32) we have what he wants still more — the forgiveness of sins. The pressure of affliction turns him to God's law, but to the consciousness of having broken it. Righteousness in that sense he could not plead: forgiveness was his need, and that Jehovah should not impute the iniquity he had, and was brought to acknowledge. Long he had striven against this; but Jehovah gave him no rest. But he confesses sin, and guile is gone from his heart: impossible till then.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.