From Groaning to Shouts of Joy! ~ Psalm 32
9:17 AMToday's Reading: Psalm 32 & Romans 4:1-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-19
Upon my first reading Psalm 32, I couldn't help but to notice the huge contrast between David's groaning in verses 3-4,
"When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer."
And rejoining in verse 11,
"Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; shout for joy, all you upright in heart."
What happened to bring about such a change in David?
"I acknowledged my sin to You,
And I did not hide my wickedness;
I said, “I will confess [all] my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You forgave the guilt of my sin." -Psalm 32:5
Psalm 32 is a psalm of thanksgiving. It is called a “Mashcil,” which means to give instruction or to understand and the reader would be wise to heed the wisdom found in the psalm.
The Hebrew word translated “blessed” could actually be translated “Oh, how blissfully happy!” I like the sound of that. Charles Spurgeon noted that this blissful peace came after David’s confession of his adulterous affair with Bathsheba ( 2 Samuel 11 & 12), recorded in Psalm 51.
I feel to truly understand this "Mashcil" we need to break down the true definitions of some of the terms David uses here.
“Blessed is he whose transgression…” (v.1) Transgression is willful rebellion; willfully crossing the line of something you know is wrong and doing it anyway.
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Shout for joy, all you upright in heart.-Psalm 32:10-11(Emphasis mine)
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