Blessed Are the Forgiven
A Maskil32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term of David.
1 Cited Rom. 4:7,8;[Ps. 85:2] Blessed is the one whose [Ex. 34:7;John 1:29]transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord[2 Cor. 5:19] counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit John 1:47there is no deceit.
3 For when I kept silent, my See Ps. 31:10bones wasted away
through my See Ps. 22:1groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your 1 Sam. 5:6,11;[Ps. 38:2]hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed as by the heat of summer. Selah
5 I Ps. 51:3acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, "I Ps. 38:18;Job 33:27;Prov. 28:13;[Luke 15:18,21;1 John 1:9]will confess my transgressions to the Lord,"
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
6 Therefore let everyone who is Ps. 30:4godly
offer prayer to you at a time when you See Ps. 69:13may be found;
surely in the rush of [Ps. 18:4,16;42:7;69:1;144:7]; See Job 22:11great waters,
they shall not reach him.
7 You are a Ps. 91:1;119:114;[Ps. 27:5;31:20] hiding place for me;
you preserve me from Ps. 9:9trouble;
you surround me with [Ps. 18, title]; See Ex. 15:1-18;Judg. 5:1-31shouts of deliverance. Selah
8 I will Ps. 25:8,12instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
I will Ps. 73:24counsel you with my eye upon you.
9 Prov. 26:3;[Job 35:11] Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
which must be curbed with James 3:3bit and bridle,
or it will not stay near you.
10 [Prov. 13:21;Rom. 2:9] Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who Ps. 34:8;84:12;Prov. 16:20;Jer. 17:7trusts in the Lord.
11 Ps. 64:10;68:3;97:12;[Ps. 33:1] Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and Deut. 32:43shout for joy, all you See Ps. 7:10upright in heart!