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,
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.

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.