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Likewise, David also speaks of the blessedness of the person whom God regards as righteous apart from actions:

“How blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven
    and whose sins are covered!
How blessed is the person whose sins
    the Lord[a] will never charge against him!”[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 4:8 MT source citation reads Lord
  2. Romans 4:8 Ps Cf. 32:1-2

So kathaper also kai David Dauid speaks legō of the ho blessedness makarismos of the ho one anthrōpos to whom hos · ho God theos credits logizomai righteousness dikaiosynē apart chōris from works ergon: Blessed makarios are those whose hos lawless deeds anomia are forgiven aphiēmi, · ho and kai whose hos sins hamartia are covered epikalyptō. · ho Blessed makarios is the man anēr whose hos sin hamartia the Lord kyrios will not ou mē take logizomai into account .”

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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