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Thus David [a]congratulates the man and pronounces a blessing on him to whom God credits righteousness apart from the works he does:

Blessed and happy and [b]to be envied are those whose iniquities are forgiven and whose sins are covered up and completely buried.

Blessed and happy and [c]to be envied is the person of whose sin the Lord will take no account nor reckon it against him.(A)

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  1. Romans 4:6 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  2. Romans 4:7 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.
  3. Romans 4:8 Alexander Souter, Pocket Lexicon.

David says the same thing when he speaks of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:

“Blessed are those
    whose transgressions are forgiven,
    whose sins are covered.
Blessed is the one
    whose sin the Lord will never count against them.”[a](A)

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  1. Romans 4:8 Psalm 32:1,2