Psalm 32

English Standard Version

Blessed Are the Forgiven

A Maskil^[a] of David.

32 ^(A)Blessed is the one whose ^(B)transgression is forgiven,
whose sin is covered.
²Blessed is the man against whom the Lord ^(C)counts no iniquity,
and in whose spirit ^(D)there is no deceit.

³For when I kept silent, my ^(E)bones wasted away
through my ^(F)groaning all day long.
⁴For day and night your ^(G)hand was heavy upon me;
my strength was dried up^[b] as by the heat of summer. Selah

⁵I ^(H)acknowledged my sin to you,
and I did not cover my iniquity;
I said, “I ^(I)will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah

⁶Therefore let everyone who is ^(J)godly
    offer prayer to you at a time when you ^(K)may be found;
surely in the rush of ^(L)great waters,
    they shall not reach him.
⁷You are a ^(M)hiding place for me;
    you preserve me from ^(N)trouble;
    you surround me with ^(O)shouts of deliverance. Selah

⁸I will ^(P)instruct you and teach you in the way you should go;
    I will ^(Q)counsel you with my eye upon you.
⁹^(R)Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with ^(S)bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

¹⁰^(T)Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
but steadfast love surrounds the one who ^(U)trusts in the Lord.
¹¹^(V)Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, O righteous,
and ^(W)shout for joy, all you ^(X)upright in heart!

Footnotes

Psalm 32:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
Psalm 32:4 Hebrew my vitality was changed

Jeremiah 48:11-47

English Standard Version

¹¹“Moab has been at ease from his youth
    and has ^(A)settled on his dregs;
he has not been emptied from vessel to vessel,
    nor has he gone into exile;
so his taste remains in him,
    and his scent is not changed.

¹²“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his^[a] jars in pieces. ¹³Then ^(B)Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as ^(C)the house of Israel was ashamed of ^(D)Bethel, their confidence.

¹⁴“How do you say, ‘We are heroes
    and mighty men of war’?
¹⁵The destroyer of ^(E)Moab and his cities has come up,
    and the choicest of his young men have ^(F)gone down to slaughter,
    declares ^(G)the King, ^(H)whose name is the Lord of hosts.
¹⁶The calamity of Moab is near at hand,
    and his affliction hastens swiftly.
¹⁷^(I)Grieve for him, all you who are around him,
    and all who know his name;
say, ^(J)‘How the mighty scepter is broken,
    the glorious staff.’

¹⁸^(K)“Come down from your glory,
    and sit on the parched ground,
    O inhabitant of ^(L)Dibon!
For the destroyer of Moab has come up against you;
    he has destroyed your strongholds.
¹⁹^(M)Stand by the way ^(N)and watch,
    O inhabitant of ^(O)Aroer!
Ask him who flees and her who escapes;
    say, ‘What has happened?’
²⁰Moab is put to shame, for it is broken;
    ^(P)wail and cry!
Tell it beside ^(Q)the Arnon,
    that ^(R)Moab is laid waste.

²¹“Judgment has come upon ^(S)the tableland, upon Holon, and ^(T)Jahzah, and Mephaath, ²²and ^(U)Dibon, and ^(V)Nebo, and Beth-diblathaim, ²³and ^(W)Kiriathaim, and Beth-gamul, and ^(X)Beth-meon, ²⁴and ^(Y)Kerioth, and ^(Z)Bozrah, and all the cities of the land of Moab, far and near. ²⁵^(AA)The horn of Moab is cut off, and ^(AB)his arm is broken, declares the Lord.

²⁶^(AC)“Make him drunk, ^(AD)because he magnified himself against the Lord, so that Moab shall ^(AE)wallow in his vomit, ^(AF)and he too shall be held in derision. ²⁷^(AG)Was not Israel a derision to you? ^(AH)Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him ^(AI)you wagged your head?

²⁸^(AJ)“Leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,
    O inhabitants of Moab!
Be ^(AK)like the dove that nests
    in the sides of the mouth of a gorge.
²⁹^(AL)We have heard of the pride of Moab—
    he is very proud—
of his loftiness, his pride, and his arrogance,
    and the haughtiness of his heart.
³⁰I know his insolence, declares the Lord;
    ^(AM)his boasts are false,
    his deeds are false.
³¹^(AN)Therefore I wail for Moab;
    I cry out for all Moab;
    for the men of ^(AO)Kir-hareseth I mourn.
³²More than for ^(AP)Jazer I weep for you,
    ^(AQ)O vine of ^(AR)Sibmah!
^(AS)Your branches passed over the sea,
    reached to the Sea of ^(AT)Jazer;
on your summer fruits and your grapes
    the destroyer has fallen.
³³^(AU)Gladness and joy have been taken away
    from the fruitful land of Moab;
I have made the wine cease from the winepresses;
    no one treads them with shouts of joy;
    the shouting is not the shout of joy.

³⁴^(AV)“From the outcry at Heshbon even to Elealeh, as far as Jahaz they utter their voice, from Zoar to ^(AW)Horonaim and Eglath-shelishiyah. For the waters of Nimrim also have become desolate. ³⁵And I will bring to an end in Moab, declares the Lord, him who offers sacrifice in ^(AX)the high place and makes offerings to his god. ³⁶Therefore my heart moans for Moab like a flute, and my heart moans like a flute for the men of ^(AY)Kir-hareseth. ^(AZ)Therefore the riches they gained have perished.

³⁷^(BA)“For every head is shaved and every beard cut off. ^(BB)On all the hands are gashes, and ^(BC)around the waist is sackcloth. ³⁸On all the housetops of Moab and in the squares there is nothing but lamentation, for I have broken Moab like ^(BD)a vessel for which no one cares, declares the Lord. ³⁹How it is broken! How they wail! ^(BE)How Moab has turned his back in shame! So Moab ^(BF)has become a derision and a horror to all that are around him.”

⁴⁰For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, ^(BG)one shall fly swiftly like an eagle
    ^(BH)and spread his wings against Moab;
⁴¹^(BI)the cities shall be taken
    and the strongholds seized.
^(BJ)The heart of the warriors of Moab shall be in that day
    like the heart of ^(BK)a woman in her birth pains;
⁴²Moab shall be ^(BL)destroyed and be no longer a people,
    because ^(BM)he magnified himself against the Lord.
⁴³^(BN)Terror, pit, and snare
    are before you, O inhabitant of Moab!
declares the Lord.
⁴⁴He who flees from the terror
    shall fall into the pit,
and he who climbs out of the pit
    shall be caught in the snare.
^(BO)For I will bring these things upon Moab,
    the year of their punishment,
declares the Lord.

⁴⁵“In the shadow of Heshbon
    fugitives stop without strength,
for fire came out from Heshbon,
    flame from the house of Sihon;
it has destroyed ^(BP)the forehead of Moab,
    the crown of ^(BQ)the sons of tumult.
⁴⁶^(BR)Woe to you, O Moab!
    The people of ^(BS)Chemosh are undone,
for your sons have been taken captive,
    and your daughters into captivity.
⁴⁷^(BT)Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab
    in the latter days, declares the Lord.”
Thus far is the judgment on Moab.

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 48:12 Septuagint, Aquila; Hebrew their

Romans 8:18-39

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Future Glory

¹⁸For I consider that the sufferings of this present time ^(A)are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. ¹⁹For the creation waits with eager longing for ^(B)the revealing of the sons of God. ²⁰For the creation ^(C)was subjected to futility, not willingly, but ^(D)because of him who subjected it, in hope ²¹that ^(E)the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. ²²For we know that ^(F)the whole creation ^(G)has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. ²³And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have ^(H)the firstfruits of the Spirit, ^(I)groan inwardly as ^(J)we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, ^(K)the redemption of our bodies. ²⁴For ^(L)in this hope we were saved. Now ^(M)hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, we ^(N)wait for it with patience.

²⁶Likewise the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For ^(O)we do not know what to pray for as we ought, but ^(P)the Spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words. ²⁷And ^(Q)he who searches hearts knows what is ^(R)the mind of the Spirit, because^[a] the Spirit ^(S)intercedes for the saints ^(T)according to the will of God. ²⁸And we know that for those who love God all things work together ^(U)for good,^[b] for ^(V)those who are called according to his purpose. ²⁹For those whom he ^(W)foreknew he also ^(X)predestined ^(Y)to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be ^(Z)the firstborn among many brothers. ³⁰And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also ^(AA)justified, and those whom he justified he also ^(AB)glorified.

God's Everlasting Love

³¹What then shall we say to these things? ^(AC)If God is for us, who can be^[c] against us? ³²^(AD)He who did not spare his own Son but ^(AE)gave him up for us all, how will he not also with him graciously give us all things? ³³Who shall bring any charge against God's elect? ^(AF)It is God who justifies. ³⁴^(AG)Who is to condemn? Christ Jesus is the one who died—more than that, who was raised—^(AH)who is at the right hand of God, ^(AI)who indeed is interceding for us.^[d] ³⁵Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword? ³⁶As it is written,

^(AJ)“For your sake ^(AK)we are being killed all the day long;
we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”

³⁷No, in all these things we are more than ^(AL)conquerors through ^(AM)him who loved us. ³⁸For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, ³⁹nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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Footnotes

Romans 8:27 Or that
Romans 8:28 Some manuscripts God works all things together for good, or God works in all things for the good
Romans 8:31 Or who is
Romans 8:34 Or Is it Christ Jesus who died… for us?