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Psalm 32:2

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32:2How blessed is the one4 whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish,5

in whose spirit there is no deceit.6

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Psalm 32:1–2: Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Footnotes

  1. 4 Heb “man.” The word choice reflects the perspective of the psalmist, who is male. The principle of the psalm is certainly applicable to all people, regardless of their gender or age. To facilitate modern application, the gender and age specific “man” has been translated with the more neutral “one.”
  2. 5 Heb “blessed [is] the man to whom the Lord does not impute wrongdoing.”
  3. 6 In whose spirit there is no deceit. The point is not that the individual is sinless and pure. In this context, which focuses on confession and forgiveness of sin, the psalmist refers to one who refuses to deny or hide his sin, but instead honestly confesses it to God.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,

and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Blessed is the one

whose sin the Lord does not count against them

and in whose spirit is no deceit.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How joyful is a person whom

the Lord does not charge with iniquity

and in whose spirit is no deceit!

NLTNew Living Translation

Yes, what joy for those

whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt,

whose lives are lived in complete honesty!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Happy is a person to whom Yahweh does not impute iniquity

and in whose spirit there is not deceit.

KJV 1900King James Version

Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity,

And in whose spirit there is no guile.