Psalms 32:1-11

NOTE:
Transgression = A going away from
Sin = Missing the mark
Iniquity = A twisting

32:1 | Most scholars agree that this psalm and Psalm 51 were responses to David’s sin with Bathsheba (2 Sam. 11).

32:2 | The confessing sinner is blessed (“happy”) because no sin is beyond Almighty God’s ability to forgive. God forgave murder and adultery in David, just like God will forgive any person who confesses (103:3; Rom. 4:7-8; 2 Cor. 5:19).

32:3-4 | David had no fellowship with God for as long as he was silent about his sin. He became physically ill from carrying the guilt of what he had done – able to command all of his subjects as the king but unable to command his own conscience. His joy in life was gone, replaced with bitterness and anguish.

32:5 | Confession is to say about one’s own sin what God says about it (38:18; 2 Sam. 12:13; Prov. 28:13; 1 John 1:9).