By Dawud. A contemplative psalm.
1Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
Whose sins are covered.
2Blessed is the man whom Allah will by no means charge with sin,[1]
In whose spirit there is no deceit.
3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4For day and night your hand was heavy on me.
My strength was sapped in the heat of summer.
Selah.
5I acknowledged my sin to you.
I did not hide my iniquity.
I said, I will confess my transgressions to Allah,
And you forgave the iniquity of my sin.
Selah.
6For this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found.
Surely when the great waters overflow, they shall not reach to him.
7You are my hiding place.
You will preserve me from trouble.
You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
Selah.
8I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
I will counsel you with my eye on you.
9Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
Which are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you.
10Many sorrows shall be to the wicked,
But he who trusts in Allah, loving kindness shall surround him.
11Be glad in Allah, and rejoice, you righteous!
Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!
[1] 32:1-2 Quoted in the Injil in Romans 4:7-8.