Psalm 32
SOMETHING more is needed than relief from distress, the subject of preceding psalms: it is forgiveness of sins.
"Blessed is the man who walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly," but what of passed sins?
"Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered."
"Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity."
The Jews who in that day are brought to trust in and wait for the Messiah (Christ) whom they as a nation rejected and crucified nineteen hundred years ago, will not have the peace of salvation until He appears. They will realize their guilt, their sins will press upon them; they will know that their Messiah has gone within
the veil on their account, like the high priest in Leviticus 16:1717And there shall be no man in the tabernacle of the congregation when he goeth in to make an atonement in the holy place, until he come out, and have made an atonement for himself, and for his household, and for all the congregation of Israel. (Leviticus 16:17) (See Hebrews 9:7-127But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people: 8The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing: 9Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; 10Which stood only in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed on them until the time of reformation. 11But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; 12Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:7‑12); Zechariah 12:10,10And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. (Zechariah 12:10) and John 20:2729) , but they must wait until they see Him to enter into settled peace, being in this, quite distinct from the position of the Christian.
The subject of the psalm is told in the first two verses.
Verses 3 and 4 describe the state of the man until he confessed his sins, and the next three verses are addressed to God.
What a contrast there is between the anguish and unrest of verses 3 and 4, and the song of deliverance in verse 7. Only one who has liken the place of verse 5, can enter into the reality of the seventh verse. What a hiding place His is, a Preserver through trouble, our God!
Verses 8 and 9, 10 and 11, are the Lord's answer; He answers those who confide in Him. He will instruct and teach the confessed sinner the way in which he shall go; will counsel him with His eye upon him.
Then follows admonition to be not like the horse or mule which have to be controlled with bit and bridle. It should be a delight to be guided by God's unfailing word, learning from it from day to day what is pleasing in His sight, and endeavoring to do it.
"Many sorrows hath the wicked, but he that confideth in Jehovah, loving kindness shall compass him" (verse 10, New Translation). The Christian knows the truth of this.
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