Psalms 32:1–5
Blessed is the forgiven man; for while I hid my sin I was exhausted, but when I confessed, God removed my guilt.
1 Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.
5 I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Blessed is the forgiven man; for while I hid my sin I was exhausted, but when I confessed, God removed my guilt.
To teach the doctrine of forgiveness through confession, contrasting the agony of concealment with the blessedness of divine pardon.
The Blessedness of Forgiven Sin and Honest Confession
True blessedness belongs to the sinner who stops hiding sin, confesses honestly to the LORD, receives forgiveness, and walks in the joy of surrounding steadfast love.