1Of David. A maskil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2Blessed is the man (adam) to whom YHWH does not impute iniquity, and in whose spirit (ruach) there is no deceit.
3When I kept silent, my bones wore out through my groaning all the day.
4For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my sap was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.
5My sin I made known to you, and my iniquity I did not cover; I said, "I will confess concerning my transgressions to YHWH" — and you, you lifted away the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6For this let every godly one pray to you at a time of finding; surely in the flood of many waters, to him they shall not reach.
7You are a hiding place for me; from distress you preserve me; with shouts of deliverance you surround me. Selah.
8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you should go; I will counsel you, my eye upon you.
9Do not be like a horse, like a mule, which have no understanding, whose trappings are bit and bridle to curb it, that it not come near to you.
10Many are the sorrows of the wicked; but he who trusts in YHWH, lovingkindness surrounds him.
11Be glad in YHWH and rejoice, you righteous; and shout for joy, all you upright of heart.