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David said the same thing. He said that a person is truly blessed when God does not look at what he has done but accepts him as good:

“Happy are they
    whose sins are forgiven,
    whose wrongs are pardoned.
Happy is the person
    whom the Lord does not consider guilty.” Psalm 32:1-2

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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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Footnotes

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