¹ A Psalm of David, Maschil. *

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 [I will advise you, upon you is my eye].
⁹ Be ye not as the horse,
or as the mule,
which have no understanding [having nothing of 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.

* NOTE: On Opening and Closing Comments in the Psalms.
[Some commentators take the Psalm in Habakkuk 3 to be a standard model for the Psalms.
Habakkuk's Psalm begins with the name of the composer (Habakkuk) and a musical notation ("upon Shigionoth").
It closes with a dedication or a "send to" notice ("To the chief singer on my stringed instruments").
I have arranged similar material, where it is found in the Psalter, in accord with the model in Habakkuk.]