Confession and Forgiveness

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil1 of David.

¹jBlessed is the one whose ktransgression is forgiven,

whose sin is covered.

²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord lcounts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit mthere is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my nbones wasted away

through my ogroaning all day long.

⁴For day and night your phand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up2 as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I qacknowledged my sin to you,

and I did not cover my iniquity;

I said, “I rwill confess my transgressions to the Lord,”

and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is sgodly

offer prayer to you at a time when you tmay be found;

surely in the rush of ugreat waters,

they shall not reach him.

⁷You are a vhiding place for me;

you preserve me from wtrouble;

you surround me with xshouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will yinstruct you and teach you in the way you should go;

I will zcounsel you with my eye upon you.

⁹aBe not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,

which must be curbed with bbit and bridle,

or it will not stay near you.

¹⁰cMany are the sorrows of the wicked,

but steadfast love surrounds the one who dtrusts in the Lord.

¹¹eBe glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,

and fshout for joy, all you gupright in heart!