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title: "Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "James Anderson"
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# Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 5

*John Calvin, tr. James Anderson*

Calvin on the Psalms, volume 5 of 5.

## 55. Psalm 32

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[¶0] Of David. Giving instruction

[¶1] 1 Blessed are those to whom is remitted iniquity, And whose transgression is covered.

[¶2] 2 Blessed is the man to whom Jehovah doth not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is not guile.

[¶3] 3 When I kept silence, waste away did my bones, And when I wailed all the day.

[¶4] 4 For by day and night heavy upon me was thy hand; Turned into the drought of summer was my greenness. Selah.

[¶5] 5 My sin I have acknowledged to thee, And my iniquity I have not hid. I said, “I will confess against myself my wickedness to Jehovah;” And thou didst remit the guilt of my sin. Selah.

[¶6] 6 On this account, pray to thee shall every man, that is meek, In the time of finding thee: So that in a flood of many waters, To him they shall not come near.

[¶7] 7 Thou art a hiding-place to me; From trouble thou shalt preserve me; With songs of deliverance thou shalt encompass me. Selah.

[¶8] 8 I will instruct thee, And teach thee the way wherein thou shouldest walk: I will counsel thee with mine eye.

[¶9] 9 Be ye not like a horse, or like a mule, Which have not understanding: With bit and bridle his jaws thou shalt bind, Lest they kick against thee.

[¶10] 10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: But the man who hopeth in Jehovah goodness shall encompass.

[¶11] 11 Rejoice in Jehovah, and exult, ye righteous! Sing all ye who are upright in heart.