--- title: "Psalms 32 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary" description: "Read Psalms 32 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/32)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/32)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/32) Audio 1 Blessed *is he whose* transgression *is* forgiven, *whose* sin *is* covered.* 2 Blessed *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 waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged 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. 6 For 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.* 7 Thou *art* my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah. 8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.* 9 Be 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. 10 Many sorrows *shall be* to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about. 11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all *ye that are* upright in heart. [Psalms 31](/study/psalms/31) [Psalms 33](/study/psalms/33) ## Commentary To verse 1 The *title* of this Psalm is significant, לדוד משכיל *ledavid* *maskil*, A Psalm *of David, giving instruction, an instructive* *Psalm*; so called by way of eminence, because it is calculated to give the highest instruction relative to the guilt of sin, and the blessedness of pardon and holiness or *justification* and *sanctification*. It is supposed to have been composed after David's transgression with Bath-sheba, and subsequently to his obtaining pardon. The *Syriac* entitles it, "A Psalm of David concerning the sin of Adam, who dared and transgressed; and a prophecy concerning Christ, because through him we are to be delivered from hell." The *Arabic* says, "David spoke this Psalm prophetically concerning the redemption." The *Vulgate, Septuagint*, and *AEthiopic*, are the same in meaning as the *Hebrew*. Verse [Psalms 32:1](/kjv/psalms/32/1). ***Blessed*****is he whose*****transgression*****is*****forgiven*** — In this and the following verse *four* evils are mentioned: 1. *Transgression*, פשע pesha. 2. *Sin*, חטאה chataah. 3. *Iniquity*, עון avon. 4. *Guile*, רמיה remiyah. The *first* signifies the *passing over a boundary, doing what is* *prohibited*. The *second* signifies the *missing of a mark*, not doing what was commanded; but is often taken to express *sinfulness*, or sin in the future, producing transgression in the life. The *third* signifies *what is turned out of its proper course or situation*; any thing *morally distorted* or *perverted*. *Iniquity*, what is contrary to *equity* or *justice*. The *fourth* signifies *fraud,* *deceit, guile*, c. To remove these evils, *three* acts are mentioned: *forgiving, covering*, and not *imputing*. 1. TRANSGRESSION, פשע *pesha*, must be *forgiven*, נשוי nesui, borne away, i.e., by a vicarious sacrifice for *bearing sin*, or *bearing away sin*, always implies this. 2. SIN, חטאה *chataah*, must be *covered*, כסוי kesui, hidden from the sight. It is odious and abominable, and must be put out of sight. 3. INIQUITY, עון *anon*, which is *perverse* or *distorted*, must not be imputed, לא יחשב *lo yachshob*, must *not be reckoned to his account*. 4. GUILE, רמיה *remiyah*, must be annihilated from the soul: *In whose* *spirit there is no GUILE*. The man whose *transgression* is forgiven; whose *sin* is hidden, God having cast it as a millstone into the depths of the sea; whose iniquity and perversion is not reckoned to his account; and whose *guile*, the deceitful and desperately wicked heart, is annihilated, being emptied of sin and filled with righteousness, is necessarily a happy man. The old *Psalter* translates these two verses thus: *Blissid qwas* *wikednes es for gyven, and qwas synnes is hyled* (covered.) *Blisful* *man til qwam Lord retted* (reckoneth) *noght Syn: ne na treson es in* *his gast* (spirit.) In vain does any man look for or expect happiness while the *power* of sin *remains*, its *guilt unpardoned*, and its *impurity* not *purged away*. To the person who has got such blessings, we may say as the psalmist said, אשרי *ashrey, O the* *blessedness of that man, whose transgression is forgiven*! c. St. Paul quotes this passage, [Romans 4:6-7](/kjv/romans/4/6-7), to illustrate the doctrine of *justification by faith* where see the notes. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32","name":"Psalms 32 - Study King James Bible with clarkes commentary","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 32 with clarkes commentary commentary. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary","name":"clarkes commentary"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms","name":"Psalms"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/clarkes-commentary/psalms/32","name":"32"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```