The Blessedness of Forgiveness

The Holy Bible: King James Version. 2000.

The Psalms

32

The Blessedness of Forgiveness
A Psalm of David, Maschil.
1	Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,          whose sin is covered.
2	Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, Rom. 4.7, 8           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. 2 Sam. 12.13 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.

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Psalm 1

Psalm 1

1 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
3 And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
4 The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
5 Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
6 For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish. 
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Psalm 1

Psalm 139 (KJV)

1	O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
2	Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising;          thou understandest my thought afar off.
3	Thou compassest my path and my lying down,          and art acquainted with all my ways.
4	For there is not a word in my tongue,          but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
5	Thou hast beset me behind and before,          and laid thine hand upon me.
6	Such knowledge is too wonderful for me;          it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
7	Whither shall I go from thy Spirit?          Or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
8	If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there:          if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
9	If I take the wings of the morning,          and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
10	even there shall thy hand lead me,          and thy right hand shall hold me.
11	If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me;          even the night shall be light about me.
12	Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee;          but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13	For thou hast possessed my reins:          thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
14	I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:          marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15	My substance was not hid from thee          when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16	Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect;          and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17	How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!          How great is the sum of them!
18	If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand:          when I awake, I am still with thee.
19	Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God:          depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
20	For they speak against thee wickedly,          and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
21	Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee?          And am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
22	I hate them with perfect hatred:          I count them mine enemies.
23	Search me, O God, and know my heart:          try me, and know my thoughts:
24	and see if there be any wicked way in me,          and lead me in the way everlasting.