Psalm 32

⁶And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

⁷“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered.

²²I have blotted out your transgressions like a cloud, and your sins like a mist. Return to Me, for I have redeemed you.

²You forgave the iniquity of Your people; You covered all their sin. Selah

³⁸Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

³⁹Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything from which you could not be justified by the law of Moses.

²⁵I, yes I, am He who blots out your transgressions for My own sake and remembers your sins no more.

¹⁸Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance—who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion?

¹⁹He will again have compassion on us; He will vanquish our iniquities. You will cast out all our sins into the depths of the sea.

⁴⁷When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”

⁵And no lie was found in their mouths; they are blameless.

¹⁹that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.

²⁰Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.

¹Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander.

²Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,

¹²For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.

⁴instead of bringing it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting to present it as an offering to the Lord before His tabernacle—that man shall incur bloodguilt. He has shed blood and must be cut off from among his people.

¹³He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

⁸I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

³There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

¹For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

⁸Even when I cry out and plead for help, He shuts out my prayer.

³⁰My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.

¹¹Then the Ekronites called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was very heavy upon it.

²For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

³There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

¹⁰Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.

¹¹You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah

⁷Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.

¹⁵My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.

³For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

⁴My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

¹³He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

¹³Then David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” “The Lord has taken away your sin,” Nathan replied. “You will not die.

³For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me.

⁴Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.

¹⁸Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

⁵For His anger is fleeting, but His favor lasts a lifetime. Weeping may stay the night, but joy comes in the morning.

²⁴Even before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.

⁶Seek the Lord while He may be found; call on Him while He is near.

²When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.

²For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!

²⁸Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; they will earnestly seek me, but will not find me.

²My soul boasts in the Lord; let the oppressed hear and rejoice.

³Magnify the Lord with me; let us exalt His name together.

³Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself; the Lord hears when I call to Him.

¹He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.

¹¹⁴You are my hiding place and my shield; I put my hope in Your word.

⁵For in the day of trouble He will hide me in His shelter; He will conceal me under the cover of His tent; He will set me high upon a rock.

⁹The Lord is a refuge for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

⁹Deliver me from my enemies, O Lord; I flee to You for refuge.

²⁰You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.

⁵Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;

⁶in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

¹⁸Surely the eyes of the Lord are on those who fear Him, on those whose hope is in His loving devotion

⁸Good and upright is the Lord; therefore He shows sinners the way.

⁹He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.

²⁹Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

¹⁰Receive my instruction instead of silver, and knowledge rather than pure gold.

¹¹For wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire compares with her.

¹⁰They will not hunger or thirst, nor will scorching heat or sun beat down on them. For He who has compassion on them will guide them and lead them beside springs of water.

³A whip for the horse, a bridle for the donkey, and a rod for the backs of fools!

²²“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

¹¹who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’

⁶I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.

⁷Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the Lord.

⁷Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.

⁸Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded.

³When we put bits into the mouths of horses to make them obey us, we can guide the whole animal.

²⁰Whoever heeds instruction will find success, and blessed is he who trusts in the Lord.

²Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the Lord God is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”

³With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,

²¹Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous.

¹¹The Lord is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.

⁸But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.

⁹There will be trouble and distress for every human being who does evil, first for the Jew, then for the Greek;

⁵Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob, whose hope is in the Lord his God,

¹⁰Let the righteous rejoice in the Lord and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

¹²Rejoice in the Lord, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.

⁴Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice!

¹¹But let all who take refuge in You rejoice; let them ever shout for joy. May You shelter them, that those who love Your name may rejoice in You.

¹The Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.

¹²And you shall rejoice before the Lord your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.