Psalms Chapter 32 [KJV]

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1 A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is he – Primarily David himself. R3260:1

Taking the standpoint of the prophet after his heart had returned to peace with God through assurance of divine forgiveness of his sins. R4271:2

Whose transgression – Against Uriah. R3260:1

Nearly all sins committed by God's people may be classed as mixed sins--only partially wilful. R5690:2

Is forgiven – If you believe God exercised mercy toward you and forgave your sins, then believe also that the Lord has a similar arrangement for the world. HG147:3

Is covered – The Lord will cover the unwilful portion of a mixed sin, but will punish that portion which was of knowledge and assent of the mind. R5690:1

Set aside; not actually blotted out until the resurrection. R3261:1, R3314:6, R2667:1, R4272:5


2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. lmputeth not iniquity – So long as we renounce it and seek the Lord in faith and sincerity. R3314:6

There is no guile – No deceit or hypocrisy; whose conduct is open and transparent. R2017:5

No secret longing for sin with merely the restraints of fear. R4271:2


3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. When I kept silence – Verses 3 and 4 briefly rehearse the king's unhappy experiences during nearly a year. R4271:3

Apparently for a time the king had smothered his conscience. R4271:5

The sin was concealed, unrepented of. R2016:2

My bones waxed old – He seemed to age rapidly that year; he became enfeebled prematurely. R4272:1


4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. Thy hand was heavy – The chiefest of his troubles consisted in his separation from the Lord. R4271:4

Turned into the drought – All the freshness, vigor and joy were consumed, as by a drouth. R4272:1


5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah. Acknowledged my sin – "Against thee, and thee alone, have I sinned, and done this great evil in thy sight." (Psa. 51:4) R4271:5

Unto the LORD – To the Lord only could he go asking forgiveness. R4271:5


6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. For this – For this cause, because of God's mercy. R4272:5

Mayest be found – There is a time limit to divine mercies. R4272:5

Before the heart becomes calloused and set in an evil course. R2017:5

David's experience taught him that every day he remained unrepentant carried him further from fellowship with the Lord. R3261:4

Surely – If the sinner will promptly confess and repent. R3261:4

Of great waters – Of trouble. R3261:4 Psalms 32:7

From trouble – Not necessarily implying that they would be taken away before the trouble. It is "through much tribulation we shall enter the kingdom." (Acts 14:22) R4273:1

Songs of deliverance – David could figuratively hear the heavenly messengers singing songs of his deliverance even while in the affliction. R3261:5


7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. With mine eye – The eye is the symbol of wisdom. R4858:6

We should look to the Lord for leading in all of life's affairs. R4859:1, R4858:3, R3062:1

As a horse, driven without reins or bridle, simply directed by the eye and watching for the master's will, the animal being without restraint. R4273:2

The Lord's eye will watch over us, that he may give us the necessary proper counsel. R4273:1

Those who can be guided only by continual scourgings are not of the overcoming class. E234


9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee. Be ye not as the horse – But, in the legitimate use of our intellectual endowments, let us apply our hearts unto instruction. R1661:6*

As the mule – Stubborn. R680:1*

No understanding – God would have his reasoning creatures serve intelligently and without force. R1566:2, R680:4*

While the Lord promises grace sufficient, he never encourages any to rest supinely upon his promises, but exhorts to activity, alertness, energy, perseverance. R1670:3

With general directions he sends us forth: not like machines, but as intelligent beings, to use our brains as well as our hands and feet. R3161:5

The two extremes of underrating and overrating human reason are both fraught with evil consequences. R1566:6

With bit and bridle – The world will be restrained with bit and bridle during the Millennium, but they must advance beyond this to be fit for eternal life at its close. R4273:2

Lest they come – Else they will not come (R.V.) R2017:6


10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. Mercy shall compass – Though, to outward appearances, having as many sorrows as their less pious neighbors, God's promise is sure and his grace sufficient. R4273:4

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart. Glad in the LORD – A very different thing from being glad in the trifling things of this world. R4273:4

Ye righteous – God's people, reckoned righteous through faith. R4273:1


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