Psalm 32

New American Standard Bible

Blessedness of Forgiveness and of Trust in God.

A Psalm of David. A ^[a]Maskil.

32 ^(A)How blessed is he whose wrongdoing is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
²How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord ^(B)does not take into account,
And in whose spirit there is ^(C)no deceit!

³When ^(D)I kept silent about my sin, ^(E)my ^[b]body wasted away
Through my ^[c]^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night ^(G)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My ^[d]^(H)vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah
⁵I ^(I)acknowledged my sin to You,
And I ^(J)did not hide my guilt;
I said, “^(K)I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”;
And You ^(L)forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
⁶Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You ^[e]^(M)in a time when You may be found;
Certainly ^(N)in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.
⁷You are ^(O)my hiding place; You ^(P)keep me from trouble;
You surround me with ^[f]^(Q)songs of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(R)instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go;
I will advise you ^(S)with My eye upon you.
⁹Do not be ^(T)like the horse or like the mule, which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not come near to you.
¹⁰The ^(U)sorrows of the wicked are many,
But ^(V)the one who trusts in the Lord, goodness will surround him.
¹¹Be ^(W)glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy, all you who are ^(X)upright in heart.

Footnotes

Psalm 32 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
Psalm 32:3 Or bones, substance
Psalm 32:3 Lit roaring
Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer
Psalm 32:6 Lit in a time of finding out
Psalm 32:7 Or shouts

Psalm 38

New American Standard Bible

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

38 Lord, ^(A)do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
²For Your ^(B)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And ^(C)Your hand has pressed down on me.
³There is ^(D)no healthy part in my flesh ^(E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health ^(F)in my bones because of my sin.
⁴For my ^(G)guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
⁵My ^[a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of ^(H)my foolishness.
⁶I am bent over and ^(I)greatly bowed down;
I ^(J)go in mourning all day long.
⁷For my ^[b]sides are filled with ^(K)burning,
And there is ^(L)no healthy part in my flesh.
⁸I feel ^(M)faint and ^[c]badly crushed;
I ^[d]^(N)groan because of the ^[e]agitation of my heart.

⁹Lord, all ^(O)my desire is ^[f]before You;
And my ^(P)sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰My heart throbs, ^(Q)my strength fails me;
And the ^(R)light of my eyes, even ^[g]that ^[h]has gone from me.
¹¹My ^[i]^(S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen ^(T)stand far away.
¹²Those who ^(U)seek my life ^(V)lay snares for me;
And those who ^(W)seek to injure me have ^[j]threatened destruction,
And they ^(X)plot deception all day long.

¹³But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a ^(Y)person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
¹⁵For ^(Z)I wait for You, Lord;
You ^(AA)will answer, Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, ^(AB)would exalt themselves over me.”
¹⁷For I am ^(AC)ready to fall,
And ^(AD)my ^[k]sorrow is continually before me.
¹⁸For I ^(AE)admit my guilt;
I am full of ^(AF)anxiety because of my sin.
¹⁹But my ^(AG)enemies are vigorous and ^[l]strong,
And those who wrongfully ^(AH)hate me are many.
²⁰And those who ^(AI)repay evil for good,
They ^(AJ)become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
²¹Do not abandon me, Lord;
My God, ^(AK)do not be far from me!
²²^(AL)Hurry to help me,
Lord, ^(AM)my salvation!

Footnotes

Psalm 38:5 Or stripes
Psalm 38:7 Lit loins
Psalm 38:8 Or greatly
Psalm 38:8 Lit roar
Psalm 38:8 Lit growling
Psalm 38:9 Or known to You
Psalm 38:10 Lit they have
Psalm 38:10 Lit is not with me
Psalm 38:11 Or lovers
Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken
Psalm 38:17 Lit pain
Psalm 38:19 Or numerous

Psalm 51

New American Standard Bible

A Contrite Sinner’s Prayer for Pardon.

For the music director. A Psalm of David, when ^[a]Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.

51 ^(A)Be gracious to me, God, according to Your faithfulness;
According to the greatness of ^(B)Your compassion, ^(C)wipe out my wrongdoings.
²^(D)Wash me thoroughly from my guilt
And ^(E)cleanse me from my sin.
³For I ^(F)know my wrongdoings,
And my sin is constantly before me.
⁴^(G)Against You, You only, I have sinned
And done what is ^(H)evil in Your sight,
So that ^(I)You ^[b]are justified ^[c]when You speak
And ^[d]blameless when You judge.

⁵Behold, I was ^(J)brought forth in guilt,
And in sin my mother conceived me.
⁶Behold, You desire ^(K)truth in the ^[e]innermost being,
And in secret You will ^(L)make wisdom known to me.
⁷^[f]Purify me ^(M)with hyssop, and I will be clean;
^[g]Cleanse me, and I will be ^(N)whiter than snow.
⁸^[h]Let me hear ^(O)joy and gladness,
Let the ^(P)bones You have broken rejoice.
⁹^(Q)Hide Your face from my sins
And wipe out all my guilty deeds.

¹⁰^(R)Create ^[i]in me a ^(S)clean heart, God,
And renew a ^(T)steadfast spirit within me.
¹¹^(U)Do not cast me away from Your presence,
And do not take Your ^(V)Holy Spirit from me.
¹²Restore to me the ^(W)joy of Your salvation,
And sustain me with a ^(X)willing spirit.
¹³Then I will ^(Y)teach wrongdoers Your ways,
And sinners will ^[j]be ^(Z)converted to You.

¹⁴Save me from ^(AA)the guilt of bloodshed, God, ^(AB)the God of my salvation;
Then my ^(AC)tongue will joyfully sing of Your righteousness.
¹⁵Lord, ^[k]^(AD)open my lips,
So that my mouth may ^(AE)declare Your praise.
¹⁶For You ^(AF)do not delight in sacrifice, otherwise I would give it;
You do not take pleasure in burnt offering.
¹⁷The sacrifices of God are a ^(AG)broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, God, You will not despise.

¹⁸^(AH)By Your favor do good to Zion;
^[l]^(AI)Build the walls of Jerusalem.
¹⁹Then You will delight in ^[m]^(AJ)righteous sacrifices,
In ^(AK)burnt offering and whole burnt offering;
Then ^[n]bulls will be offered on Your altar.

Footnotes

Psalm 51 Title 2 Sam 12:1
Psalm 51:4 Or may be in the right
Psalm 51:4 Many mss in Your words
Psalm 51:4 Lit pure
Psalm 51:6 Or inward parts
Psalm 51:7 Or May You purify...that I may be clean
Psalm 51:7 Or May You cleanse
Psalm 51:8 Or May You cause
Psalm 51:10 Lit for
Psalm 51:13 Or turn back
Psalm 51:15 Or may You open
Psalm 51:18 Or May You build
Psalm 51:19 Or sacrifices of righteousness
Psalm 51:19 Lit they will offer bulls

Psalm 102

New American Standard Bible

Prayer of an Afflicted Man for Mercy on Himself and on Zion.

A Prayer of the afflicted when he is weak and ^[a]pours out his complaint before the Lord.

102 ^(A)Hear my prayer, Lord!
And let my cry for help ^(B)come to You.
²^(C)Do not hide Your face from me on the day of my distress;
^(D)Incline Your ear to me;
On the day when I call ^(E)answer me quickly.
³For my days ^(F)have ended in smoke,
And my ^(G)bones have been scorched like a hearth.
⁴My heart ^(H)has been struck like ^[b]grass and has ^(I)withered,
Indeed, I ^(J)forget to eat my bread.
⁵Because of the ^[c]loudness of my groaning
My ^(K)bones ^[d]cling to my flesh.
⁶I resemble a ^(L)pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the ruins.
⁷I ^(M)lie awake,
I have become like a solitary bird on a housetop.

⁸My enemies ^(N)have taunted me all day long;
Those who ^[e]^(O)deride me ^[f]have used my name as a ^(P)curse.
⁹For I have eaten ashes like bread,
And ^(Q)mixed my drink with weeping
¹⁰^(R)Because of Your indignation and Your wrath;
For You have ^(S)lifted me up and thrown me away.
¹¹My days are like a ^[g]^(T)lengthened shadow,
And ^[h]I ^(U)wither away like ^[i]grass.

¹²But You, Lord, ^[j]^(V)remain forever,
And Your ^[k]^(W)name remains to all generations.
¹³You will ^(X)arise and have ^(Y)compassion on Zion;
For ^(Z)it is time to be gracious to her,
For the ^(AA)appointed time has come.
¹⁴Surely Your servants ^[l]take pleasure in her stones,
And feel pity for her dust.
¹⁵^[m]So the ^[n]^(AB)nations will fear the name of the Lord,
And ^(AC)all the kings of the earth, Your glory.
¹⁶For the Lord has ^(AD)built up Zion;
He has ^(AE)appeared in His glory.
¹⁷He has ^(AF)turned His attention to the prayer of the ^[o]destitute
And has not despised their prayer.

¹⁸^[p]This will be ^(AG)written for the ^(AH)generation to come,
^[q]That ^(AI)a people yet to be created ^[r]may praise ^[s]the Lord:
¹⁹For He ^(AJ)looked down from His holy height;
^(AK)From heaven the Lord looked ^[t]upon the earth,
²⁰To hear the ^(AL)groaning of the prisoner,
To ^(AM)set free ^[u]those who were doomed to death,
²¹So that people may ^(AN)tell of the name of the Lord in Zion,
And His praise in Jerusalem,
²²When ^(AO)the peoples are gathered together,
And the kingdoms, to serve the Lord.

²³He has broken my strength in the way;
He has ^(AP)shortened my days.
²⁴I say, “My God, ^(AQ)do not take me away in the middle of my days,
Your ^(AR)years are ^[v]throughout all generations.
²⁵In time of old You ^(AS)founded the earth,
And the ^(AT)heavens are the work of Your hands.
²⁶^[w]Even they will ^(AU)perish, but You endure;
All of them will wear out like a garment;
Like clothing You will change them and they will pass away.
²⁷But You are ^[x]^(AV)the same,
And Your years will not come to an end.
²⁸The ^(AW)children of Your servants will continue,
And their ^[y]^(AX)descendants will be established before You.”

Footnotes

Psalm 102 Title Ps 142:2
Psalm 102:4 Lit herbage
Psalm 102:5 Lit voice
Psalm 102:5 Lit have cleaved
Psalm 102:8 Or made a fool of
Psalm 102:8 Lit have sworn by me
Psalm 102:11 Lit stretched out
Psalm 102:11 Or as for me, I
Psalm 102:11 Lit herbage
Psalm 102:12 Or sit enthroned
Psalm 102:12 Lit memorial
Psalm 102:14 Or have found
Psalm 102:15 Or And
Psalm 102:15 Or Gentiles, heathen
Psalm 102:17 Or naked
Psalm 102:18 Or Let this be written
Psalm 102:18 Or And
Psalm 102:18 Or will
Psalm 102:18 Heb Yah
Psalm 102:19 Lit toward
Psalm 102:20 Lit the sons of death
Psalm 102:24 Lit in generation of generations
Psalm 102:26 Lit They themselves
Psalm 102:27 Lit He
Psalm 102:28 Lit seed

Psalm 130

New American Standard Bible

Hope in the Lord’s Forgiving Love.

A Song of Ascents.

130 Out of the ^(A)depths I have cried to You, Lord.
²Lord, ^(B)hear my voice!
Let ^(C)Your ears be attentive
To the ^(D)sound of my pleadings.
³If You, ^[a]Lord, were to keep account of guilty deeds,
Lord, who could ^(E)stand?
⁴But there is ^(F)forgiveness with You,
So that You may be ^[b]^(G)revered.

⁵I wait for the Lord, my ^(H)soul waits,
And I ^[c]wait ^(I)for His word.
⁶My soul waits in hope for the Lord
More than the watchmen ^(J)for the morning;
Yes, more than the watchmen for the morning.
⁷Israel, ^(K)wait for the Lord;
For with the Lord there is ^(L)mercy,
And with Him is ^(M)abundant redemption.
⁸And He will ^(N)redeem Israel
From all his guilty deeds.

Footnotes

Psalm 130:3 Heb Yah
Psalm 130:4 Or feared
Psalm 130:5 Or hope in

Psalm 143

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Help and Guidance.

A Psalm of David.

143 Hear my prayer, Lord,
^(A)Listen to my pleadings!
Answer me in Your ^(B)faithfulness, in Your ^(C)righteousness!
²And ^(D)do not enter into judgment with Your servant,
For ^(E)no person living is righteous in Your sight.
³For the enemy has persecuted my soul;
He has crushed my life ^(F)to the ground;
He ^(G)has made me dwell in dark places, like those who have long been dead.
⁴Therefore ^(H)my spirit ^[a]feels weak within me;
My heart is ^[b]^(I)appalled within me.

⁵I ^(J)remember the days of old;
I ^(K)meditate on all Your accomplishments;
I ^(L)reflect on the work of Your hands.
⁶I ^(M)spread out my hands to You;
My ^(N)soul longs for You, like a weary land. Selah

⁷^(O)Answer me quickly, Lord, my ^(P)spirit fails;
^(Q)Do not hide Your face from me,
Or I will be the same as ^(R)those who go down to the pit.
⁸Let me hear Your ^(S)faithfulness ^(T)in the morning,
For I trust ^(U)in You;
Teach me the ^(V)way in which I should walk;
For to You I ^(W)lift up my soul.
⁹^(X)Save me, Lord, from my enemies;
^[c]I take refuge in You.

¹⁰^(Y)Teach me to do Your will,
For You are my God;
Let ^(Z)Your good Spirit ^(AA)lead me on level ^[d]ground.
¹¹^(AB)For the sake of Your name, Lord, ^(AC)revive me.
^(AD)In Your righteousness bring my soul out of trouble.
¹²And in Your faithfulness, ^[e]^(AE)destroy my enemies,
And ^(AF)eliminate all those who attack my soul,
For ^(AG)I am Your servant.