Psalms 32:2
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
KJV
Confitemini Domino in cithara ; in psalterio decem chordarum psallite illi.
Vulgate
ἐξομολογεῖσθε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ἐν ψαλτηρίῳ δεκαχόρδῳ ψάλατε αὐτῷ·
LXX
Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile.
ASV
אַ֥שְֽׁרֵי אָדָ֗ם לֹ֤א יַחְשֹׁ֬ב יְהוָ֣ה ל֣/וֹ עָוֺ֑ן וְ/אֵ֖ין בְּ/רוּח֣/וֹ רְמִיָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
אַשְׁרֵ֣י
'shry
noun · 44×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
חָשַׁ֖ב
chshb
verb · 123×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
noun · 230×
ר֣וּחַ
rvch
noun · 377×
רְמִיָּֽה
rmyh
noun · 15×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Ye see, beloved, how great and wonderful a thing is love, and that there is no declaring its perfection. Who is fit to be found in it, except such as God has vouchsafed to render worthy? Let us pray, therefore, and implore of His mercy, that we may live blameless in love, free from all human partialities.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. Paul cites this Psalm in Romans 4 to prove that justification is by grace through faith, not works. David describes the blessedness of the man to whom God imputes not iniquity. His own experience of concealing sin and then confessing it illustrates that there is no rest for the conscience until sin is freely acknowledged and forgiv…
Cross-references
- 1Cor 5:8 — Therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 1Pet 2:1 — Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,
- 2Cor 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and mor
- 2Cor 5:19 — To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
- Eph 4:15 — But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:
- Isa 38:3 — And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept sore.
- John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- John 1:47 — Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!
- John 4:23 — But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
- Lev 17:4 — And bringeth it not unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, to offer an offering unto the LORD before the tabernacle of the LORD; blood shall be imputed unto that man; he hath shed blood;
- Ps 32:11 — Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.
- Ps 119:80 — Let my heart be sound in thy statutes; that I be not ashamed.
- Ps 125:4 — Do good, O LORD, unto those that be good, and to them that are upright in their hearts.
- Rev 14:5 — And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
- Rev 14:5 — And in their mouth was found no guile: for they are without fault before the throne of God.
- Rom 4:8 — Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.