Psalm 32 paraphrase

 Sin and Forgiveness.  Psalm 32.  Rutherford 7s and 6s.

How blest is he whose trespass

Hath freely been forgiven,

Whose sin is wholly covered

Before the sight of heaven.

Blest he to whom Jehovah

Imputeth not his sin,

Who hath a guileless spirit,

Whose heart is true within.

While I kept guilty silence

My strength was spent with grief,

Thy hand was heavy on me,

My soul found no relief;

But when I owned my trespass,

My sin hid not from Thee,

When I confessed transgression,

Then Thou forgavest me.

So let the godly seek Thee

In times when Thou art near;

No whelming floods shall reach them,

Nor cause their hearts to fear.

In Thee, O Lord, I hide me,

Thou savest me from ill,

And songs of Thy salvation

My heart with rapture thrill.

This is from the 1912 Psalter widely used in the Dutch Reformed and Presbyterian Communions.