[A Psalm of instruction by David.][1]Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.[2]Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile.[3]Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.[4]For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in me. Pause.[5]I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.[6]Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.[7]Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.[8]I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.[9]Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee.[10]Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.[11]Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.
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Author: Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton (1851)
Source: ecmarsh.com