Psalm 32

Common English Bible

Psalm 32

A maskil^[a] of David.

32 The one whose wrongdoing is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered over, is truly happy!
²The one the Lord doesn’t consider guilty—
    in whose spirit there is no dishonesty—
    that one is truly happy!

³When I kept quiet, my bones wore out;
    I was groaning all day long—
    every day, every night!—
⁴because your hand was heavy upon me.
    My energy was sapped as if in a summer drought. Selah
⁵So I admitted my sin to you;
    I didn’t conceal my guilt.
    “I’ll confess my sins to the Lord, ” is what I said.
    Then you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah

⁶That’s why all the faithful should pray to you during troubled times,^[b]
    so that a great flood of water won’t reach them.
⁷You are my secret hideout!
    You protect me from trouble.
    You surround me with songs of rescue! Selah

⁸I will instruct you and teach you
    about the direction you should go.
    I’ll advise you and keep my eye on you.
⁹Don’t be like some senseless horse or mule,
    whose movement must be controlled
    with a bit and a bridle.^[c]
        Don’t be anything like that!^[d]
¹⁰The pain of the wicked is severe,
    but faithful love surrounds the one who trusts the Lord.
¹¹You who are righteous, rejoice in the Lord and be glad!
    All you whose hearts are right, sing out in joy!

Footnotes

Psalm 32:1 Perhaps instruction; it also appears in Pss 42, 44–45, 52–55, 74, 78, 88–89, 142; cf 47:7; the root is used in Ps 32:8.
Psalm 32:6 Correction; MT at a time of finding only
Psalm 32:9 Heb uncertain
Psalm 32:9 Heb uncertain

Luke 19:1-10

Common English Bible

A rich tax collector

19 Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through town. ²A man there named Zacchaeus, a ruler among tax collectors, was rich. ³He was trying to see who Jesus was, but, being a short man, he couldn’t because of the crowd. ⁴So he ran ahead and climbed up a sycamore tree so he could see Jesus, who was about to pass that way. ⁵When Jesus came to that spot, he looked up and said, “Zacchaeus, come down at once. I must stay in your home today.” ⁶So Zacchaeus came down at once, happy to welcome Jesus.

⁷Everyone who saw this grumbled, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinner.”

⁸Zacchaeus stopped and said to the Lord, “Look, Lord, I give half of my possessions to the poor. And if I have cheated anyone, I repay them four times as much.”

⁹Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this household because he too is a son of Abraham. ¹⁰The Human One^[a] came to seek and save the lost.”

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