# Psalm 32 (New King James Version)
The Joy of Forgiveness

##### Chapter 32
###### 1 Blessed _is he whose_ transgression _is_ forgiven,  
_Whose_ sin _is_ covered.  

###### 2 Blessed _is_ the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity,  
And in whose spirit _there is_ no deceit.

###### 3 When I kept silent, my bones grew old  
Through my groaning all the day long.  

###### 4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;  
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. _Selah_  

###### 5 I acknowledged my sin to You,  
And my iniquity I have not hidden.  
I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,"  
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. _Selah_

###### 6 For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You  
In a time when You may be found;  
Surely in a flood of great waters  
They shall not come near him.  

###### 7 You _are_ my hiding place;  
You shall preserve me from trouble;  
You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. _Selah_

###### 8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;  
I will guide you with My eye.  

###### 9 Do not be like the horse _or_ like the mule,  
_Which_ have no understanding,  
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,  
Else they will not come near you.

###### 10 Many sorrows _shall be_ to the wicked;  
But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him.  

###### 11 Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous;  
And shout for joy, all _you_ upright in heart!