The Joy of Forgiveness
A Psalm of David. A Contemplation.
And bin whose spirit there is no deceit.
My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah
And my iniquity I have not hidden.
aI said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,”
And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah
In a time when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
They shall not come near him.
You shall preserve me from trouble;
You shall surround me with bsongs of deliverance. Selah
Which have no understanding,
Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle,
Else they will not come near you.
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Psalms 32:1
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven - In this and the following verse four evils are mentioned:
1.Transgression, peshwa .
2.Sin, chataah .
3.Iniquity, avon .
4.Guile, remiyah .
The first signifies the passing over a boundary, doing what is prohibited. The second signifies the missing of a mark, not doing what was commanded; but is often taken to express sinfulness, or sin in the future, producing transgression in the life. The third signifies what is turned out of its proper course or situation; any thing morally distorted or perverted. Iniquity, what is contrary to equity or justice. The fourth signifies fraud, deceit, guile, etc. To remove these evils, three acts are mentioned: forgiving, covering, and not imputing.
1.Transgression, pesha , must be forgiven, nesui , borne away, i.e., by a vicarious sacrifice; for bearing sin, or bearing away sin, always implies this.
2.Sin, chataah , must be covered, kesui , hidden from the sight. It is odious and abominable, and must be put out of sight.
3.Iniquity, anon , which is perverse or distorted, must not be imputed, lo yachshob , must not be reckoned to his account.
4.Guile, remiyah , must be annihilated from the soul: In whose spirit there is no Guile. The man whose transgression is forgiven; whose sin is hidden, God having cast it as a millstone into the depths of the sea; whose iniquity and perversion is not reckoned to his account; and whose guile, the deceitful and desperately wicked heart, is annihilated, being emptied of sin and filled with righteousness, is necessarily a happy man.
The old Psalter translates these two verses thus: Blissid qwas wikednes es for gyven, and qwas synnes is hyled (covered). Blisful man til qwam Lord retted (reckoneth) noght Syn: ne na treson es in his gast (spirit). In vain does any man look for or expect happiness while the power of sin remains, its guilt unpardoned, and its impurity not purged away. To the person who has got such blessings, we may say as the psalmist said, ashrey , O the blessedness of that man, whose transgression is forgiven! etc.
St. Paul quotes this passage, Romans 4:6-7 (note), to illustrate the doctrine of justification by faith; where see the notes.
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