1 Of David: a Maskil. Happy is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
2 Happy is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my crying all the day.
4 For by day and night lay thy hand heavily upon me: my lifes moisture hath been changed through the droughts of summer. Selah.
5 My sin do I ever acknowledge unto thee, and my iniquity have I not covered up. I said, I will make confession because of my transgressions unto the Lord: and thou truly forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
6 For this shall every pious one pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely then when great waters overflow, they shall never reach unto him.