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A Psalm of David[H1732], Maschil[H4905]. Blessed[H835] is he whose transgression[H6588] is forgiven[H5375], whose sin[H2401] is covered[H3680].
2Blessed[H835] is the man[H120] unto whom the LORD[H3068]imputeth[H2803] not iniquity[H5771], and in whose spirit[H7307] there is no guile[H7423].
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When I kept silence[H2790], my bones[H6106] waxed old[H1086] through my roaring[H7581] all the day[H3117] long.
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For day[H3119] and night[H3915] thy hand[H3027] was heavy[H3513] upon me: my moisture[H3955] is turned[H2015] into the drought[H2725] of summer[H7019]. Selah[H5542].
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I acknowledged[H3045] my sin[H2403] unto thee, and mine iniquity[H5771] have I not hid[H3680]. I said[H559], I will confess[H3034] my transgressions[H6588] unto the LORD[H3068]; and thou forgavest[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of my sin[H2403]. Selah[H5542].
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For this shall every one that is godly[H2623]pray[H6419] unto thee in a time[H6256] when thou mayest be found[H4672]: surely in the floods[H7858] of great[H7227]waters[H4325] they shall not come nigh[H5060] unto him.
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Thou art my hiding place[H5643]; thou shalt preserve[H5341] me from trouble[H6862]; thou shalt compass[H5437] me about with songs[H7438] of deliverance[H6405]. Selah[H5542].
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I will instruct[H7919] thee and teach[H3384] thee in the way[H1870]which[H2098] thou shalt go[H3212]: I will guide[H3289] thee with mine eye[H5869].
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Be ye not as the horse[H5483], or as the mule[H6505], which have no understanding[H995]: whose mouth[H5716] must be held[H1102] in with bit[H4964] and bridle[H7448], lest[H1077] they come near[H7126] unto thee.
10Many[H7227]sorrows[H4341] shall be to the wicked[H7563]: but he that trusteth[H982] in the LORD[H3068], mercy[H2617] shall compass[H5437] him about.
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Be glad[H8055] in the LORD[H3068], and rejoice[H1523], ye righteous[H6662]: and shout[H7442] for joy, all ye that are upright[H3477] in heart[H3820].