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Psalms 32

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Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you. I didn’t hide my iniquity. I said, I will confess my transgressions to Yahweh, and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. For 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. You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance. I will instruct you and teach you in the way which you shall go. I will counsel you with my eye on you. Don’t be like the horse, or like the mule, which have no understanding, who are controlled by bit and bridle, or else they will not come near to you. Many sorrows come to the wicked, but loving kindness shall surround him who trusts in Yahweh. Be glad in Yahweh, and rejoice, you righteous! Shout for joy, all you who are upright in heart!

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Psalms 32:11

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, you righteous:" be glad, and rejoice, you righteous, not in yourselves, but in the Lord. "And glory, all you that are right in heart" [Psalm 32:11]: and glory in Him, all you who understand that it is right to be subject unto Him, that so ye may be placed above all things beside.

Exposition on Psalm 32 ↗

Thomas Aquinas

"Rejoice." Now it is the custom in the Penitential Psalms that they begin in weeping and end in joy, because this is what penance does. In this conclusion he exhorts the just and the upright to good action and right intention, saying, "Rejoice in the Lord and exult, you just." As if to say: two things are necessary for a person, namely, right action -- and this justice produces -- and right intention -- and this joy produces. …

Exposition on the Psalms of David ↗

Cassiodorus

The just should "be glad in the Lord," not in themselves, for one who rejoices in himself is deceived by a false presumption … but one who finds joy in the Lord enjoys perpetual delight.

Explanation of the Psalms 32:11