Of David, of understanding. Blessed are those whose lawless deeds have been forgiven and whose sins have been covered.
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Psalms 31
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Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will by no means reckon, and in whose mouth there is no deceit.
For I kept silent; my bones grew old from my crying out all the day long.
ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς ἐβαρύνθη ἐπ᾿ ἐμὲ ἡ χείρ σου ἐστράφην εἰς ταλαιπωρίαν ἐν τῷ ἐμπαγῆναι ἄκανθαν διάψαλμα
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; I was turned into misery in the being fixed fast of a thorn. Selah
ἁμαρτίαν μου ἐγνώρισα καὶ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου οὐκ ἐκάλυψα εἶπα ἐξαγορεύσω κατ᾿ ἐμοῦ τὴν ἀνομίαν μου τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ σὺ ἀφῆκας τὴν ἀσέβειαν τῆς ἁμαρτίας μου διάψαλμα
I acknowledged my sin, and I did not cover my lawlessness. I said, I will confess my lawlessness against myself to the Lord, and you forgave the ungodliness of my sin. Selah
ταύτης προσεύξεται πᾶς ὅσιος πρὸς σὲ ἐν καιρῷ εὐθέτῳ πλὴν ἐν κατακλυσμῷ ὑδάτων πολλῶν πρὸς αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐγγιοῦσιν
For this one every holy one will pray to you in a fitting time; only in a flood of many waters they will not come near to him.
μου εἶ καταφυγὴ ἀπὸ θλίψεως τῆς περιεχούσης με τὸ ἀγαλλίαμά μου λύτρωσαί με ἀπὸ τῶν κυκλωσάντων με διάψαλμα
You are my refuge from the affliction that surrounds me; my gladness, deliver me from those who have encircled me. Selah
I will make you understand and I will instruct you in this way in which you will go; I will fix my eyes upon you.
γίνεσθε ὡς ἵππος καὶ ἡμίονος οἷς οὐκ ἔστιν σύνεσις ἐν χαλινῷ καὶ κημῷ τὰς σιαγόνας αὐτῶν ἄγξαι τῶν μὴ ἐγγιζόντων πρὸς σέ
Do not become like horse and mule, for which there is no understanding, with bridle and bit to bind their jaws, of those not drawing near to you.
Many are the scourges of the sinner, but mercy will surround the one hoping in the Lord.
Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, righteous ones, and boast, all you who are upright in heart.