1 [A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. A Psalm…: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction

2 Blessed is the man to whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3 When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin to thee, and my iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 For this shall every one that is godly pray to thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come near to him. when…: Heb. of finding