By David. A contemplative psalm.
Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, Rom 4:6-8Isa 44:22Psa 85:2Act 13:38-39Isa 43:25Mic 7:18-19Rev 22:14Isa 1:18
whose sin is covered.
Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity, Jhn 1:472Co 5:19-21Rev 14:51Pe 2:1-22Co 1:12Lev 17:4Rom 5:13
in whose spirit there is no deceit.
When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. Pro 28:13Psa 38:3Psa 38:8Psa 22:1Lam 3:8Hos 7:14Job 30:30Psa 31:9-10
For day and night your hand was heavy on me. 1Sa 5:11Psa 38:2-8Job 33:7Psa 39:10-11Psa 22:15Psa 102:3-4Psa 90:6-71Sa 5:6-7
My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
I acknowledged my sin to you. Pro 28:132Sa 12:13Psa 51:3-5Psa 38:18Isa 65:24Psa 30:51Jn 1:8-10Hos 6:1
I didn’t hide my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found. Isa 55:6Isa 43:22Co 6:2Pro 1:28Psa 34:2-5Psa 4:3Mat 7:24-27Jhn 7:34
Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
You are my hiding place. Psa 91:1Psa 119:114Psa 27:5Psa 9:9Psa 143:9Psa 31:202Sa 22:1Psa 98:1
You will preserve me from trouble.
You will surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. Pro 3:5-6Psa 33:18Psa 25:8-10Mat 11:29Pro 8:10-11Isa 49:10Pro 3:1Psa 34:11
I will counsel you with my eye on you.
Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, Pro 26:3Jer 4:22Job 35:11Jas 3:3Jas 4:7-10Jer 8:6-7Jer 31:18
who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
Many sorrows come to the wicked, Pro 16:20Isa 12:2-3Pro 13:21Psa 147:11Rom 2:8-91Ti 6:10Psa 146:5Psa 34:19-21
but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in the LORD.
Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, you righteous! Psa 64:10Php 4:4Psa 97:12Psa 5:11Deu 12:12Psa 68:3Psa 97:11Sa 2:1
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!