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Psalms 31

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1(32) [A Psalm] of instruction by David. Blessed [are they] whose transgressions are forgiven, and who sins are covered. 2Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and whose mouth there is no guile. 3Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day. 4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in [me]. Pause. 5I acknowledged my sin, and hid not my iniquity: I said, I will confess my iniquity to the Lord against myself; and you forgave the ungodliness of my heart. Pause. 6Therefore shall every holy one pray to you in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come near to him. 7You are my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause. 8I will instruct you and guide you in this way wherein you shall go: I will fix my eyes upon you. 9Be you⌃ not as horse and mule, which have no understanding; [but you must] constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come near to you. 10Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about. 11Be glad in the Lord, and exult, you⌃ righteous: and glory, all you⌃ that are upright in heart.