Psalm XXXI. Beati quorum.
1. The blessedness of those whose sins are forgiven. 8. The misery of impenitence. 6. Confession of sin brings ease. 8. Safety, 14. joy.
1 Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom the Lord hath not imputed sin, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 Because I was silent, my bones grew old; while I cried aloud all the day long.
4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I turned in my anguish, while the thorn was fastened in me.
5 I have acknowledged my sin unto thee: and my injustice I have not concealed.
6 I said, I will confess against myself my injustice to the Lord: and thou forgavest the wickedness of my sin.
7 For this shall every one that is holy pray unto thee, in a seasonable time.
8 But in the flood of many waters, they shall not come nigh unto him.
9 Thou art my refuge from the trouble which hath surrounded me: my joy, deliver me from them that compass me about.
10 I will give thee understanding, and will instruct thee in the way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
11 Be ye not like unto the horse and mule, which have no understanding.
12 With bit and bridle bind fast the jaws of those who come not nigh unto thee.
13 Many are the scourges of the sinner: but mercy shall compass him about that hopeth in the Lord.
