Confession and remission of sins. (A Psalm of David, Maschil.)

¹⁾Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who have no sins to be covered.

²⁾Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

³⁾When I kept silence, my spirit failed within me; when I opened my mouth, my bones waxed old through my speaking all the day long.

⁴⁾For day and night thy Spirit was heavy upon me; my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

⁵⁾I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

⁶⁾For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found; surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

⁷⁾Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

⁸⁾Thou hast said, I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye.

⁹⁾Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

¹⁰⁾Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; but he that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about.

¹¹⁾Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.