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Psalms 32:1
A psalm of David.
Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight!Bible Study Resources
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A Psalm of David. Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
[A Psalm] of David. Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
A maskil of David.
Happy is the person whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.By David; a well-written song.
How blessed is the one whose rebellious acts are forgiven, whose sin is pardoned![A Psalm] of David, Maschil. Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven, [whose] sin [is] covered.
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Blessed [fortunate, prosperous, favored by God] is he whose transgression is forgiven, And whose sin is covered.
A Maskil of David.
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.The title of the oon and thrittithe salm. Lernyng to Dauid. Blessid ben thei, whose wickidnessis ben foryouun; and whose synnes ben hilid.
Of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
(A special psalm by David.)
Our God, you bless everyone whose sins you forgive and wipe away.A Psalm of David. Maschil.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.By David. A maskil: How blessed are those whose offense is forgiven, those whose sin is covered!
Of David. Instruction.
Blessed is he [whose] transgression is forgiven, [whose] sin is covered!A maskil of David.
It is a great blessing when people are forgiven for the wrongs they have done, when their sins are erased.[A Psalm] of David. Maschil. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is pardoned.
[A Psalme of Dauid, Maschil.] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiuen, whose sinne is couered.
How happy he is whose wrong-doing is forgiven, and whose sin is covered!
Of David. A Maskil.
Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.A Psalme of Dauid to giue instruction. Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgiuen, and whose sinne is couered.
BLESSED is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is blotted out.
Happy are those whose sins are forgiven, whose wrongs are pardoned.
(31-1) <To David himself, understanding.> Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
A Psalm of David. A Maskil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Blessed is he whose wickednes is forgeuen: and whose sinne is couered.
Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered.
How joyful is the onewhose transgression is forgiven,whose sin is covered!
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Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Of David. A maskil.
Happy is he whose transgression is taken away, whose sin is covered.A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. Blessed is he whose transgression is lifted, whose sin is covered.
By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
Blessed are they, whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen, and whose synnes are couered.
A David Psalm
Count yourself lucky, how happy you must be— you get a fresh start, your slate's wiped clean.How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!
A Psalm of David. A Contemplation. [fn] Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered.
A Psalm of David. A Maskil.
How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered!How blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered!
Contextual Overview
A psalm of David.
Oh, what joy for those whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is put out of sight! 2 Yes, what joy for those whose record the Lord has cleared of guilt, whose lives are lived in complete honesty! 3 When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long. 4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude 5 Finally, I confessed all my sins to you and stopped trying to hide my guilt. I said to myself, "I will confess my rebellion to the Lord ." And you forgave me! All my guilt is gone. Interlude 6 Therefore, let all the godly pray to you while there is still time, that they may not drown in the floodwaters of judgment.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Blessed: Psalms 1:1, Psalms 1:2, Psalms 40:4, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 89:15, Psalms 106:3, Psalms 119:1, Psalms 119:2, Psalms 128:1, Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Matthew 5:3-12, Matthew 16:17, Luke 11:28, Revelation 22:14
transgression: Isaiah 1:18, Isaiah 43:25, Isaiah 44:22, Micah 7:18, Micah 7:19, Acts 13:38, Acts 13:39, Romans 4:6-8
covered: Psalms 85:2, Nehemiah 4:5
Reciprocal: Leviticus 4:10 - peace offerings 2 Samuel 12:13 - The Lord Psalms 25:18 - forgive Psalms 37:22 - Blessed Psalms 103:3 - forgiveth Proverbs 17:9 - that covereth Isaiah 40:2 - that her iniquity Ezekiel 18:22 - his transgressions Zechariah 3:4 - I have Matthew 6:12 - forgive Matthew 9:2 - be Matthew 11:6 - blessed Mark 2:5 - sins Luke 7:42 - he Luke 11:4 - forgive us Acts 3:19 - that Acts 26:18 - that they Romans 4:7 - General 2 Corinthians 5:19 - not Ephesians 1:7 - the forgiveness Colossians 1:14 - the Colossians 2:13 - having Hebrews 12:6 - whom James 5:20 - hide 1 Peter 4:14 - happy 1 John 2:12 - your
Cross-References
He divided these animals into herds and assigned each to different servants. Then he told his servants, "Go ahead of me with the animals, but keep some distance between the herds."
He gave these instructions to the men leading the first group: "When my brother, Esau, meets you, he will ask, ‘Whose servants are you? Where are you going? Who owns these animals?'
For the angel of the Lord is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.
For he will order his angels to protect you wherever you go.
whether Paul or Apollos or Peter, or the world, or life and death, or the present and the future. Everything belongs to you,
God's purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.
This shows that the Son is far greater than the angels, just as the name God gave him is greater than their names.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Blessed [is he whose] transgression [is] forgiven,.... Or "lifted up" m; bore and carried away: sin is a transgression of the law; the guilt of it charged upon the conscience of a sinner is a heavy burden, too heavy for him to bear, and the punishment of it is intolerable: forgiveness is a removal of sin, guilt, and punishment. Sin was first taken off, and transferred from the sinner to Christ, the surety; and who laid upon him really and judicially, as the sins of the people of Israel were put upon the scapegoat typically; and was bore by him, both guilt and punishment, and taken away, finished, and made an end of; and by the application of his blood and sacrifice it is taken away from the sinner's conscience; it is caused to pass from him, and is removed afar off, as far as the east is from the west; it is so lifted off from him as to give him ease and peace, and so as never to return to the destruction of him; wherefore such a man is a happy man; he has much peace, comfort, calmness, and serenity of mind now can appear before God with intrepidity, and serve him without fear; no bill of indictment can hereafter be found against him; no charge will be exhibited, and so no condemnation to him. The same is expressed, though in different words, in the next clause;
[whose] sin [is] covered; not by himself, by any works of righteousness done by him; for these are a covering too narrow; nor by excuses and extenuations; for prosperity and happiness do not attend such a conduct, Proverbs 28:13; but by Christ; he is the mercy seat, the covering of the law; who is the covert of his people from the curses of it, and from the storm of divine wrath and vengeance, due to the transgressions of it; his blood is the purple covering of the chariot, under which the saints ride safe to heaven; the lines of his blood are drawn over crimson and scarlet sins, by which they are blotted out, and are not legible; and being clothed with the robe of Christ's righteousness, all their sins are covered from the eye of divine Justice; not from the eye of God's omniscience, which sees the sins of all men, and beholds those of his own people; and which he takes notice of, and corrects for, in a fatherly way; but from vindictive justice, they are so hid as not to be imputed and charged, nor the saints to be condemned for them; such are unblamable and unreproveable in the sight of God, and are all fair in the eyes of Christ; and their sins are caused to pass away from themselves, and they have no more sight and conscience of them; and though sought for at the last day, they will not be found and brought to light, nor be seen by men or angels. There is something unseemly, impure, nauseous, abominable, and provoking in sin; which will not bear to be seen by the Lord, and therefore must be covered, or the sinner can never stand in his presence and be happy.
m Verbum נשא "elevavit quaudoque idem est ac condonavit", Gejerus; נשוי "ablata est", Piscator, Cocceius.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Blessed is he ... - On the meaning of the word “blessed,” see the notes at Psalms 1:1. See the passage explained in the notes at Romans 4:7-8. The word “blessed” here is equivalent to “happy.” “Happy is the man;” or “happy is the condition - the state of mind - happy are the prospects, of one whose sins are forgiven.” His condition is happy or blessed:
(a) as compared with his former state, when he was pressed or bowed down under a sense of guilt;
(b) in his real condition, as that of a pardoned man - a man who has nothing now to fear as the result of his guilt, or who feels that he is at peace with God;
(c) in his hopes and prospects, as now a child of God and an heir of heaven.
Whose transgression is forgiven - The word rendered “forgiven” means properly to lift up, to bear, to carry, to carry away; and sin which is forgiven is referred to here “as if” it were borne away - perhaps as the scapegoat bore off sin into the wilderness. Compare Psalms 85:2; Job 7:21; Genesis 50:17; Numbers 14:19; Isaiah 2:9.
Whose sin is covered - As it were “covered over;” that is, concealed or hidden; or, in other words, so covered that it will not appear. This is the idea in the Hebrew word which is commonly used to denote the atonement, - כפר kâphar - meaning “to cover over;” then, to overlook, to forgive; Genesis 6:14; Psalms 65:3; Psalms 78:38; Daniel 9:24. The original word here, however, is different - כסה kâsâh - though meaning the same - “to cover.” The idea is, that the sin would be, as it were, covered over, hidden, concealed, so that it would no longer come into the view of either God or man; that is, the offender would be regarded and treated as if he had not sinned, or as if he had no sin.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM XXXII
True blessedness consists in remission of sin, and purification
of the heart, 1, 2.
What the psalmist felt in seeking these blessings, 3-5.
How they should be sought, 6, 7.
The necessity of humility and teachableness, 8, 9.
The misery of the wicked, 10.
The blessedness of the righteous, 11.
NOTES ON PSALM XXXII
The title of this Psalm is significant, לדוד משכיל ledavid maskil, A Psalm of David, giving instruction, an instructive Psalm; so called by way of eminence, because it is calculated to give the highest instruction relative to the guilt of sin, and the blessedness of pardon and holiness or justification and sanctification. It is supposed to have been composed after David's transgression with Bath-sheba, and subsequently to his obtaining pardon. The Syriac entitles it, "A Psalm of David concerning the sin of Adam, who dared and transgressed; and a prophecy concerning Christ, because through him we are to be delivered from hell." The Arabic says, "David spoke this Psalm prophetically concerning the redemption." The Vulgate, Septuagint, and AEthiopic, are the same in meaning as the Hebrew.
Verse Psalms 32:1. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven — In this and the following verse four evils are mentioned:
1. Transgression, פשע pesha.
2. Sin, חטאה chataah.
3. Iniquity, עון avon.
4. Guile, רמיה remiyah.
The first signifies the passing over a boundary, doing what is prohibited. The second signifies the missing of a mark, not doing what was commanded; but is often taken to express sinfulness, or sin in the future, producing transgression in the life. The third signifies what is turned out of its proper course or situation; any thing morally distorted or perverted. Iniquity, what is contrary to equity or justice. The fourth signifies fraud, deceit, guile, c. To remove these evils, three acts are mentioned: forgiving, covering, and not imputing.
1. TRANSGRESSION, פשע pesha, must be forgiven, נשוי nesui, borne away, i.e., by a vicarious sacrifice for bearing sin, or bearing away sin, always implies this.
2. SIN, חטאה chataah, must be covered, כסוי kesui, hidden from the sight. It is odious and abominable, and must be put out of sight.
3. INIQUITY, עון anon, which is perverse or distorted, must not be imputed, לא יחשב lo yachshob, must not be reckoned to his account.
4. GUILE, רמיה remiyah, must be annihilated from the soul: In whose spirit there is no GUILE. The man whose transgression is forgiven; whose sin is hidden, God having cast it as a millstone into the depths of the sea; whose iniquity and perversion is not reckoned to his account; and whose guile, the deceitful and desperately wicked heart, is annihilated, being emptied of sin and filled with righteousness, is necessarily a happy man.
The old Psalter translates these two verses thus: Blissid qwas wikednes es for gyven, and qwas synnes is hyled (covered.) Blisful man til qwam Lord retted (reckoneth) noght Syn: ne na treson es in his gast (spirit.) In vain does any man look for or expect happiness while the power of sin remains, its guilt unpardoned, and its impurity not purged away. To the person who has got such blessings, we may say as the psalmist said, אשרי ashrey, O the blessedness of that man, whose transgression is forgiven! c.
St. Paul quotes this passage, Romans 4:6-7, to illustrate the doctrine of justification by faith where see the notes.
