
Day VI : Evening Prayer

Psalm 32 - Beati quorum

1   Blessed is the one whose unrighteousness is forgiven, ◆
    and whose sin is covered.

2   Blessed is the one to whom the Lord imputes no sin, ◆
    and in whose spirit there is no guile.

3   For while I held my tongue, my bones wasted away; ◆
    I ceased not from groaning all the day long.

4   For your hand was heavy upon me day and night, ◆
    and I was dried up and withered, as in the drought of summer.

5   Then I acknowledged my sin unto you, ◆
    and I did not hide my iniquity.

6   I said, “I will confess my sins unto the Lord”; ◆
    and so you forgave the wickedness of my sin.

7   For this reason shall all the godly make their prayers unto you at a time when you may be found; ◆
    when the great floodwaters rise, they shall not reach them.

8   You are my hiding-place; you shall preserve me from trouble; ◆
    you shall encompass me with songs of deliverance.

9   “I will instruct you and teach you in the way that you should go,  ◆
    and I will guide you with my eye.

10  Do not be like the horse and mule, which have no understanding, ◆
    whose mouths must be held with bit and bridle, or else they will not come near you.”

11  Great troubles remain for the ungodly; ◆
    but mercy embraces those who trust in the Lord.

12  Be glad, O you righteous, and rejoice in the Lord; ◆
    and be joyful, all who are true of heart.
