Psalm 32:1-5 “By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom the LORD doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to the LORD, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah.”

This is literally a “maskil” of David. Translated here as a contemplative psalm, the word most likely means a wisdom psalm put to music, or a passage for learning. This psalm teaches us the plight of unconfessed sin and the power of God’s forgiveness. God’s mercy sets us free! Both initially, when we first confess our sins and believe in Jesus Christ, and then daily as our confessed sin removes barriers that we have put up between us and Him.

For additional worship: Beneath the Cross of Jesus | Reawaken Hymns