By David. A contemplative psalm.

• ¹Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
• whose sin is covered.

• ²Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity,
• in whose spirit there is no deceit.

• ³When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

• ⁴For day and night your hand was heavy on me.
• My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.

• Selah.

• ⁵I 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.

• Selah.

• ⁶For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found.
• Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.

• ⁷You are my hiding place.
• You will preserve me from trouble.
• You will surround me with songs of deliverance.

• Selah.

• ⁸I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
• I will counsel you with my eye on you.

• ⁹Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
• who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.

• ¹⁰Many sorrows come to the wicked,
• but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh.

• ¹¹Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!
• Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!