This psalm describes how sin leads to unhappiness but forgiveness restores joy. It says: 1) Keeping sin secret makes one waste away in grief, but confessing sin to God brings forgiveness and relief from guilt. 2) The righteous should pray to God especially during troubles, for God protects them from harm. 3) God instructs the righteous in the right path and shields them from sorrow, while the wicked face many troubles.

1. PSALM 32

2. How blessed is he
whose transgression is forgiven,
Whose sin is covered!
How blessed is the man to whom
Yahweh does not impute iniquity,
And in whose spirit
there is no deceit!
When I kept silent about my sin,
my body wasted away
Through my groaning all day long.

3. For day and night Your hand
was heavy upon me;
My vitality was drained away as
with the fever heat of summer.
Selah.
I acknowledged my sin to You, And
my iniquity I did not hide; I said,
"I will confess my transgressions to
Yahweh"; And You forgave
the guilt of my sin. Selah.

4. Therefore, let everyone
who is godly pray to You in a time
when You may be found;
Surely in a flood of great waters
they will not reach him.
You are my hiding place;
You preserve me from trouble;
You surround me with songs of
deliverance. Selah.

5. I will instruct you and teach you in
the way which you should go;
I will counsel you
with My eye upon you.
Do not be as the horse or as the
mule which have no understanding,
Whose trappings include bit and
bridle to hold them in check,
Otherwise they will not
come near to you.

6. Many are the sorrows of the wicked,
But he who trusts in Yahweh,
lovingkindness shall surround him.
Be glad in Yahweh
and rejoice, you righteous ones;
And shout for joy,
all you who are upright in heart.

7. PSALM 32
RESTORING
HAPPINESS TO
OUR LIVES!

8. RESTORING HAPPINESS...Ps. 32
HAPPINESS LOST...Vv. 1-4
The Causes, vv. 1-2
• Transgression
• Sin
• Iniquity
• Deceit

9. RESTORING HAPPINESS...Ps. 32
HAPPINESS LOST...Vv. 1-4
The Cover-up, v. 3
The Consequences, v. 3
The Chastening, v. 4

10. RESTORING HAPPINESS...Ps. 32
HAPPINESS REGAINED...V. 5
What David Did...
• Acknowledged his sin to God.
• Stopped hiding his iniquity.
• Confessed his transgressions to
Yahweh

11. RESTORING HAPPINESS...Ps. 32
HAPPINESS REGAINED...V. 5
What God Did...
• Forgave the guilt of his sin
• Forgave his transgression.
• Covered his sin
• Did not impute his iniquity to him.

12. THE SIN “TIGHTROPE”:
Taking sin Taking sin
too too
lightly! seriously!

13. THE SIN “TIGHTROPE”:
Taking sin Taking sin
too too
lightly! seriously!

14. THE SIN “TIGHTROPE”:
Taking sin Taking sin
too too
lightly! seriously!

15. RESTORING HAPPINESS...Ps. 32
HAPPINESS MAINTAINED...Vv. 6-11
• Prayerful walk with God, 6-7
• Obedient walk with God, 8-9.
• Trusting walk with God, 10.
• Joyful walk with God, 11.
• Upright (heart!) walk with God, 11

16. HOW’S YOUR
HAPPINESS???
HAPPINESS LOST...Vv. 1-4

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