^{1 Ref} <Of David. Maschil.> Happy is he who has forgiveness for his wrongdoing, and whose sin is covered.

^{2 Ref} Happy is the man in whom the Lord sees no evil, and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

^{3 Ref} When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.

^{4 Ref} For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)

^{5 Ref} I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. (Selah.)

^{6 Ref} For this cause let every saint make his prayer to you at a time when you are near: then the overflowing of the great waters will not overtake him.

^{7 Ref} You are my safe and secret place; you will keep me from trouble; you will put songs of salvation on the lips of those who are round me. (Selah.)

^{1 Ref} Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

^{2 Ref} Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

^{3 Ref} When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

^{4 Ref} For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

^{5 Ref} I acknowledge 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.

^{6 Ref} 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.

^{7 Ref} Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

^{1 Ref} By David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression `is' forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

^{2 Ref} O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

^{3 Ref} When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

^{4 Ref} When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

^{5 Ref} My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

^{6 Ref} For this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.

^{7 Ref} Thou `art' a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, `With' songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.