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Psalm 32 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 32:1(LXX 31:1) A Psalm of [fn]instruction by David. [fn] Blessed are they whose transgressions are forgiven, and whose sins are covered.
Psa 32:2(LXX 31:2) Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin, and in whose mouth there is no guile.
Psa 32:3(LXX 31:3) Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.
Psa 32:4(LXX 31:4) For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a [fn]thorn was fastened in me. Pause.
Psa 32:5(LXX 31:5) I acknowledged my sin, and hid not mine iniquity: I said, I will confess mine iniquity to the Lord against myself; and thou forgavest the ungodliness of my heart. Pause.
Psa 32:6(LXX 31:6) Therefore shall every holy one pray to thee in a fit time: only in the deluge of many waters they shall not come nigh to him.
Psa 32:7(LXX 31:7) Thou art my refuge from the affliction that encompasses me; my joy, to deliver me from them that have compassed me. Pause.
Psa 32:8(LXX 31:8) I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: I will fix mine eyes upon thee.
Psa 32:9(LXX 31:9) Be ye not as horse and mule, which have no understanding: [fn]but thou must constrain their jaws with bit and curb, lest they should come nigh to thee.
Psa 32:10(LXX 31:10) Many are the scourges of the sinner: but him that hopes in the Lord mercy shall compass about.
Psa 32:11(LXX 31:11) Be glad in the Lord, and exult, ye righteous: and glory, all ye that are upright in heart.
BES Footnotes
Gr. for or, of.
See Heb.
See Alex. ἄγξεις.
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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