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Psalms 32 - Compare Translations

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Psalms 32:1
KJVBlessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
WEBBlessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven,
YLTBy David. -- An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:2
KJVBlessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
WEBBlessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity,
YLTO the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 32:3
KJVWhen I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
WEBWhen I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
YLTWhen I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
Psalms 32:4
KJVFor day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
WEBFor day and night your hand was heavy on me.
YLTWhen by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.
Psalms 32:5
KJVI acknowledge my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.
WEBI acknowledged my sin to you.
YLTMy sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou -- Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.
Psalms 32:6
KJVFor this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
WEBFor this, let everyone who is godly pray to you in a time when you may be found.
YLTFor this doth every saintly one pray to Thee, As the time to find. Surely at an overflowing of many waters, Unto him they come not.
Psalms 32:7
KJVThou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.
WEBYou are my hiding place.
YLTThou [art] a hiding-place for me, From distress Thou dost keep me, [With] songs of deliverance dost compass me. Selah.
Psalms 32:8
KJVI will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.
WEBI will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go.
YLTI cause thee to act wisely, And direct thee in the way that thou goest, I cause mine eye to take counsel concerning thee.
Psalms 32:9
KJVBe ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.
WEBDon’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding,
YLTBe ye not as a horse -- as a mule, Without understanding, With bridle and bit, its ornaments, to curb, Not to come near unto thee.
Psalms 32:10
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Psalms 32:11
KJVBe glad in the Lord, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
WEBBe glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous!
YLTBe glad in Jehovah, and rejoice, ye righteous, And sing, all ye upright of heart!
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