David says: Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity-He acknowledges his sin-He recommends that the righteous be glad in the Lord and rejoice.

  1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is 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 bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

  4 For day and night thy hand 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 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.