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 33

New American Standard Bible

Praise to the Creator and Protector.

33 ^(A)Sing for joy in the Lord, you righteous ones;
Praise is ^(B)becoming to the upright.
²Give thanks to the Lord with the ^(C)lyre;
Sing praises to Him with a ^(D)harp of ten strings.
³Sing to Him a ^(E)new song;
Play skillfully with ^(F)a shout of joy.
⁴For the word of the Lord ^(G)is right,
And all His work is done ^(H)in faithfulness.
⁵He ^(I)loves righteousness and justice;
The ^(J)earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.

⁶By the ^(K)word of the Lord the heavens were made,
And ^(L)by the breath of His mouth ^(M)all their ^[a]lights.
⁷He gathers the ^(N)waters of the sea together ^[b]as a heap;
He puts the depths in storehouses.
⁸Let ^(O)all the earth fear the Lord;
Let all the inhabitants of the world ^(P)stand in awe of Him.
⁹For ^(Q)He spoke, and it was done;
He commanded, and it ^[c]stood firm.
¹⁰The Lord ^(R)nullifies the plan of nations;
He frustrates the plans of peoples.
¹¹The ^(S)plan of the Lord stands forever,
The ^(T)plans of His heart from generation to generation.
¹²Blessed is the ^(U)nation whose God is the Lord,
The people He has ^(V)chosen for His own inheritance.

¹³The Lord ^(W)looks from heaven;
He ^(X)sees all the sons of mankind;
¹⁴From ^(Y)His dwelling place He looks out
On all the inhabitants of the earth,
¹⁵He who ^(Z)fashions ^[d]the hearts of them all,
He who ^(AA)understands all their works.
¹⁶^(AB)The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not rescued by great strength.
¹⁷A ^(AC)horse is a false hope for victory;
Nor does it rescue anyone by its great strength.

¹⁸Behold, ^(AD)the eye of the Lord is on those who fear Him,
On those who ^(AE)wait for His faithfulness,
¹⁹To ^(AF)rescue their soul from death
And to keep them alive ^(AG)in famine.
²⁰Our soul ^(AH)waits for the Lord;
He is our ^(AI)help and our shield.
²¹For our ^(AJ)heart rejoices in Him,
Because we trust in His holy name.
²²Let Your favor, Lord, be upon us,
Just as we have waited for You.

Footnotes

Psalm 33:6 Lit host; i.e., sun, stars, etc.
Psalm 33:7 Some ancient versions in a water skin; i.e., container
Psalm 33:9 Or stood forth
Psalm 33:15 Or their heart together

Psalm 34

New American Standard Bible

The Lord, a Provider and the One Who Rescues Me.

A Psalm of David, when he pretended to be insane before ^[a]Abimelech, who drove him away, and he departed.

34 I will ^(A)bless the Lord at all times;
His ^(B)praise shall continually be in my mouth.
²My soul will ^(C)make its boast in the Lord;
The ^(D)humble will hear it and rejoice.
³^(E)Exalt the Lord with me,
And let’s ^(F)exalt His name together.

⁴I ^(G)sought the Lord and He answered me,
And ^(H)rescued me from all my fears.
⁵They ^(I)looked to Him and were radiant,
And their faces will ^(J)never be ashamed.
⁶This wretched man cried out, and ^(K)the Lord heard him,
And saved him out of all his troubles.
⁷The ^(L)angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him,
And rescues them.

⁸^(M)Taste and see that the Lord is good;
How ^(N)blessed is the man who takes refuge in Him!
⁹Fear the Lord, you ^(O)His saints;
For to those who fear Him there is ^(P)no lack of anything.
¹⁰The young lions do without and suffer hunger;
But they who seek the Lord will ^(Q)not lack any good thing.
¹¹^(R)Come, you children, listen to me;
^(S)I will teach you ^(T)the fear of the Lord.
¹²^(U)Who is the person who desires life
And loves length of days, that he may ^(V)see good?
¹³Keep ^(W)your tongue from evil
And your lips from speaking ^(X)deceit.
¹⁴^(Y)Turn from evil and do good;
Seek peace and ^(Z)pursue it.

¹⁵The ^(AA)eyes of the Lord are toward the righteous,
And His ears are toward their cry for help.
¹⁶The ^(AB)face of the Lord is against evildoers,
To ^(AC)eliminate the memory of them from the earth.
¹⁷The righteous ^(AD)cry out, and the Lord hears
And rescues them from all their troubles.
¹⁸The Lord ^(AE)is near to the ^(AF)brokenhearted
And saves those who are ^[b]^(AG)crushed in spirit.

¹⁹^(AH)The ^(AI)afflictions of the righteous are many,
But the Lord ^(AJ)rescues him from them all.
²⁰He protects all his bones,
^(AK)Not one of them is broken.
²¹^(AL)Evil will bring death to the wicked,
And those who hate the righteous will suffer for their guilt.
²²The Lord ^(AM)redeems the souls of His servants,
And none of those who ^(AN)take refuge in Him will suffer for their guilt.

Footnotes

Psalm 34 Title Possibly a title of King Achish of Gath, see 1 Sam 21:10-15
Psalm 34:18 Or contrite

Psalm 35

New American Standard Bible

Prayer for Rescue from Enemies.

A Psalm of David.

35 Contend, Lord, with those who ^(A)contend with me;
Fight against those who ^(B)fight against me.
²Take hold of ^[a]^(C)buckler and shield
And rise up as ^(D)my help.
³Draw also the spear and ^[b]the battle-axe to meet those who pursue me;
Say to my soul, “I am ^(E)your salvation.”
⁴Let those be ^(F)ashamed and dishonored who seek my ^[c]life;
Let those be ^(G)turned back and humiliated who devise evil against me.
⁵Let them be ^(H)like chaff before the wind,
With the angel of the Lord driving them on.
⁶Let their way be dark and ^(I)slippery,
With the angel of the Lord pursuing them.
⁷For ^(J)they ^(K)hid their net for me without cause;
Without cause they dug a pit for my soul.
⁸Let ^(L)destruction come upon him when he is unaware,
And ^(M)let the net which he hid catch him;
Let him fall into that very ^(N)destruction.

⁹So my soul shall ^(O)rejoice in the Lord;
It shall ^(P)rejoice in His salvation.
¹⁰All my ^(Q)bones will say, “Lord, ^(R)who is like You,
Who rescues the afflicted from one ^(S)who is too strong for him,
And ^(T)the afflicted and the poor from one who robs him?”
¹¹^(U)Malicious witnesses rise up;
They ask me things that I do not know.
¹²They ^(V)repay me evil for good,
To the bereavement of my soul.
¹³But as for me, ^(W)when they were sick, my ^(X)clothing was sackcloth;
I ^(Y)humbled my soul with fasting,
But my ^(Z)prayer kept returning to ^[d]me.
¹⁴I went about as though it were my friend or brother;
I ^(AA)bowed down ^[e]in mourning, like one who mourns for a mother.
¹⁵But ^(AB)at my ^[f]stumbling they rejoiced and gathered themselves together;
The ^[g]^(AC)afflicted people whom I did not know gathered together against me,
They ^[h]^(AD)slandered me without ceasing.
¹⁶Like godless jesters at a feast,
They ^(AE)gnashed at me with their teeth.

¹⁷Lord, ^(AF)how long will You look on?
Rescue my soul ^(AG)from their ravages,
My ^(AH)only life from the lions.
¹⁸I will ^(AI)give You thanks in the great congregation;
I will ^(AJ)praise You among a mighty people.
¹⁹^(AK)Do not let those who are wrongfully ^(AL)my enemies rejoice over me;
Nor let those ^(AM)who hate me for no reason ^[i]^(AN)wink maliciously.
²⁰For they do not speak peace,
But they devise ^(AO)deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
²¹They ^(AP)opened their mouth wide against me;
They said, “^(AQ)Aha, aha! Our eyes have seen it!”

²²^(AR)You have seen it, Lord, ^(AS)do not keep silent;
Lord, ^(AT)do not be far from me.
²³^(AU)Stir Yourself, and awake to my right
And to my cause, my God and my Lord.
²⁴^(AV)Judge me, Lord my God, according to Your righteousness,
And ^(AW)do not let them rejoice over me.
²⁵Do not let them say in their heart, “^(AX)Aha, our desire!”
Do not let them say, “We have ^(AY)swallowed him up!”
²⁶May ^(AZ)those be ashamed and altogether humiliated who rejoice at my distress;
May those who ^(BA)exalt themselves over me be ^(BB)clothed with shame and dishonor.

²⁷May those ^(BC)shout for joy and rejoice, who take delight in ^(BD)my vindication;
And ^(BE)may they say continually, “The Lord be exalted,
Who ^(BF)delights in the prosperity of His servant.”
²⁸And ^(BG)my tongue shall proclaim Your righteousness
And Your praise all day long.