Bible Gateway passage: Psalm 32, Psalm 8 - New International Version (2024)

Psalm 32

Of David. A maskil.^[a]

¹Blessed is the one
whose transgressions are forgiven,
whose sins are covered.^(A)
2Blessed is the one
whose sin the Lord does not count against them^(B)
and in whose spirit is no deceit.^(C)

³When I kept silent,^(D)
my bones wasted away^(E)
through my groaning^(F) all day long.
⁴For day and night
your hand was heavy^(G) on me;
my strength was sapped^(H)
as in the heat of summer.^[b]

⁵Then I acknowledged my sin to you
and did not cover up my iniquity.^(I)
I said, “I will confess^(J)
my transgressions^(K) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
the guilt of my sin.^(L)

⁶Therefore let all the faithful pray to you
while you may be found;^(M)
surely the rising^(N) of the mighty waters^(O)
will not reach them.^(P)
7You are my hiding place;^(Q)
you will protect me from trouble^(R)
and surround me with songs of deliverance.^(S)

⁸I will instruct^(T) you and teach you^(U) in the way you should go;
I will counsel you with my loving eye on^(V) you.
⁹Do not be like the horse or the mule,
which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle^(W)
or they will not come to you.
¹⁰Many are the woes of the wicked,^(X)
but the Lord’s unfailing love
surrounds the one who trusts^(Y) in him.

¹¹Rejoice in the Lord^(Z) and be glad, you righteous;
sing, all you who are upright in heart!

Footnotes

1. Psalm 32:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term
2. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.

Cross references

1. Psalm 32:1 : Ps 85:2; 103:3
2. Psalm 32:2 : S Ro 4:7-8*
3. Psalm 32:2 : Jn 1:47; Rev 14:5
4. Psalm 32:3 : S Job 31:34
5. Psalm 32:3 : Ps 31:10
6. Psalm 32:3 : S Job 3:24; Ps 6:6
7. Psalm 32:4 : 1Sa 5:6; S Job 9:34; Ps 38:2; 39:10
8. Psalm 32:4 : Ps 22:15
9. Psalm 32:5 : Job 31:33
10. Psalm 32:5 : Pr 28:13
11. Psalm 32:5 : Ps 103:12
12. Psalm 32:5 : S Lev 26:40; 1Jn 1:9
13. Psalm 32:6 : Ps 69:13; Isa 55:6
14. Psalm 32:6 : Ps 69:1
15. Psalm 32:6 : S Ex 15:10
16. Psalm 32:6 : Isa 43:2
17. Psalm 32:7 : S Jdg 9:35
18. Psalm 32:7 : S Ps 9:9
19. Psalm 32:7 : S Jdg 5:1
20. Psalm 32:8 : S Ps 25:8
21. Psalm 32:8 : Ps 34:11
22. Psalm 32:8 : Ps 33:18
23. Psalm 32:9 : S Job 30:11; S 39:10; Jas 3:3
24. Psalm 32:10 : Ro 2:9
25. Psalm 32:10 : Ps 4:5; Pr 16:20
26. Psalm 32:11 : Ps 64:10

Psalm 8^[a]

For the director of music. According to gittith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name^(A) in all the earth!

You have set your glory^(B)
in the heavens.^(C)
2Through the praise of children and infants
you have established a stronghold^(D) against your enemies,
to silence the foe^(E) and the avenger.
³When I consider your heavens,^(F)
the work of your fingers,^(G)
the moon and the stars,^(H)
which you have set in place,
⁴what is mankind that you are mindful of them,
human beings that you care for them?^[c](I)

⁵You have made them^[d] a little lower than the angels^[e](J)
and crowned them^[f] with glory and honor.^(K)
6You made them rulers^(L) over the works of your hands;^(M)
you put everything under their^[g] feet:^(N)
7all flocks and herds,^(O)
and the animals of the wild,^(P)
8the birds in the sky,
and the fish in the sea,^(Q)
all that swim the paths of the seas.

⁹Lord, our Lord,
how majestic is your name in all the earth!^(R)

Footnotes

1. Psalm 8:1 In Hebrew texts 8:1-9 is numbered 8:2-10.
2. Psalm 8:1 Title: Probably a musical term
3. Psalm 8:4 Or what is a human being that you are mindful of him, / a son of man that you care for him?
4. Psalm 8:5 Or him
5. Psalm 8:5 Or than God
6. Psalm 8:5 Or him
7. Psalm 8:6 Or made him ruler . . . ; / . . . his

Cross references

1. Psalm 8:1 : S 1Ch 16:10
2. Psalm 8:1 : S Ex 15:11; Lk 2:9
3. Psalm 8:1 : Ps 57:5; 108:5; 113:4; 148:13; Hab 3:3
4. Psalm 8:2 : Mt 21:16*
5. Psalm 8:2 : Ps 143:12
6. Psalm 8:3 : S Ge 15:5; S Dt 10:14
7. Psalm 8:3 : S Ex 8:19; S 1Ch 16:26; S 2Ch 2:12; Ps 102:25
8. Psalm 8:3 : S Ge 1:16; 1Co 15:41
9. Psalm 8:4 : S 1Ch 29:14
10. Psalm 8:5 : S Ge 1:26
11. Psalm 8:5 : Ps 21:5; 103:4
12. Psalm 8:6 : S Ge 1:28
13. Psalm 8:6 : S Job 10:3; Ps 19:1; 102:25; 145:10; Isa 26:12; 29:23; 45:11; Heb 1:10
14. Psalm 8:6 : S 1Ki 5:3; 1Co 15:25, 27*; Eph 1:22; Heb 2:6-8*
15. Psalm 8:7 : Ge 13:5; 26:14
16. Psalm 8:7 : S Ge 2:19
17. Psalm 8:8 : Ge 1:26
18. Psalm 8:9 : ver 1