1 H ow blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!

Blessed is he transgression is forgiven, sin is covered!

2 H ow blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit!

Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!

3 W hen I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.

4 F or day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; I said, “ I will confess my transgressions to the Lord ”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.

I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 T herefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters they will not reach him.

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

7 Y ou are my hiding place; You preserve me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8 I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you with My eye upon you.

I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel with mine eye upon thee.

9 D o not be as the horse or as the mule which have no understanding, Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check, Otherwise they will not come near to you.

Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

10 M any are the sorrows of the wicked, But he who trusts in the Lord, lovingkindness shall surround him.

Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

11 B e glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; And shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart.

Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.