Bible Darby

1. {Of David. Instruction.} Blessed is he [whose] transgression is forgiven, [whose] sin is covered!

2. Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah reckoneth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile!

3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.

4. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and *thou* forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6. For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

7. Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8. I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.

9. Be ye not as a horse, as a mule, which have no understanding: whose trappings must be bit and bridle, for restraint, or they will not come unto thee.

10. Many sorrows hath the wicked; but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving-kindness shall encompass him.

11. Rejoice in Jehovah, and be glad, ye righteous; and shout for joy, all ye upright in heart.