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Hiding sin hurts
Does your mouth get you into trouble? The tongue is dangerous and prone toward venom, and controlling it is one of the most difficult of our assignments as God's people (James 3:1-12).
One way to control the tongue is to hold back words that are cruel, conde-scending, or critical. But there is definitely a time when we need to open our mouths: in confession.
Psalm 32 is a psalm of confession. David shares his firsthand account as one who is blessed when his "transgression is forgiven"(V)1
David had tried to keep something from God only to report "my bones grew Old through my groaning... Your hand was heavy upon me; my vitality was turned into the drought of summer" (vV. 3, 4).
Like David, we shrivel and weaken when we keep our sin inside. But when we acknowledge our sin to God and ourselves, He forgives (v. 5).
You'll see the word Selah at the end of verse 5.
It is a musical directive that means to briefly stop, to pause and calmly think about what was said.
STUDY THE BOOK
Psalm 32:1-11
We confess, He forgives.
We don't confess, we suffer.
It's not that God's on our back. It's that the very nature of wrongdoing works against our nature as people created in God's image. We are made to do rightly and love specifically.
When we don't we dry up.
Which brings us back to the opening verse and pushes us onward to verses 6-11:
We are blessed when we push away selfish and sinful actions. We sing when we carry out the caring and productive actions we are designed to do. We enjoy understanding when we listen to God's instructions. And joyful mercy surrounds us when we choose uprightness.
MORE INSIGHT
The word for blessed simply means "happy."
It's the same word used in Psalm 1:1 and in the Beatitudes of Matthew 5:1-12.
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