Psalm 32

It Is Better to Confess Sin

A maskil of David.

32Happy is the person

whose sins are forgiven,

whose wrongs are pardoned.

²Happy is the person

whom the Lord does not consider guilty

and in whom there is nothing false.

³When I kept things to myself,

I felt weak deep inside me.

I moaned all day long.

⁴Day and night you punished me.

My strength was gone as in the summer heat.

Selah

⁵Then I confessed my sins to you

and didn’t hide my guilt.

I said, “I will confess my sins to the Lord,”

and you forgave my guilt.

Selah

⁶For this reason, all who obey you

should pray to you while they still can.

When troubles rise like a flood,

they will not reach them.

⁷You are my hiding place.

You protect me from my troubles

and fill me with songs of salvation.

Selah

⁸The Lord says, “I will make you wise and show you where to go.

I will guide you and watch over you.

⁹So don’t be like a horse or donkey,

that doesn’t understand.

They must be led with bits and reins,

or they will not come near you.”

¹⁰Wicked people have many troubles,

but the Lord’s love surrounds those who trust him.

¹¹Good people, rejoice and be happy in the Lord.

Sing all you whose hearts are right.