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The Book of Psalms 32

Psalm

A Maskil of David.

32 A maskil of David.

Those whom God has forgiven for rebelling against him,

and those whose sin God has atoned for,

these are the ones who will have a truly good life!

2 Those whose record of sins Yahweh no longer takes into account,

and those who are not deceitful,

these are the ones who will have a truly good life!

3 When I did not confess my sins,

my body felt weak and sick,

and I groaned all day long.

4 Day and night, Yahweh, you afflicted me.

My strength was sapped like it would be on a hot summer day. Selah

5 Then I confessed my sinful actions to you;

I stopped trying to hide them.

I said to myself,

“I will tell Yahweh the wrong things that I have done.”

When I confessed them, you forgave me,

so now I am no longer guilty for the sinful things I did. Selah all the people who are godly should pray to you

when they realize they have sinned.

If they do that, then it is certain that difficulties will not overwhelm them like a great flood.

7 You are like a place where I can hide from my enemies;

you protect me from troubles

and surround me with people who are joyfully praising you for saving me from my enemies. Selah 8 I will teach you about how you should conduct your life.

I will teach you personally.

9 Do not be like horses and mules that do not have understanding;

they need pieces of metal put in their mouth and ropes fastened to their head

so they will go in the direction you want them to go.”

10 Wicked people will have many difficult things in their life that will make them sad,

but those who trust in Yahweh will experience him faithfully loving them all the time.

11 So, all you righteous people, rejoice about what Yahweh has done for you!

All you whose inner beings are pure, be glad and shout joyfully!