"I know my transgression, and my sin is ever before me… " "My transgression is ever before me…"
That was David: king and adulterer; hero and schemer; poet and murderer. He covered his sins and languished in guilt for weeks…months. Then God sent the prophet Nathan to rescue David…the the truth. So Nathan appeared before the king with a story about a poor man and his lamb, a rich man and his greed. Nathan ended his story like this: "Thou art the man!" The king was struck through and through… "I have sinned against the Lord…" Faithful are the wounds of a friend! David confesses…David is forgiven…David is free!
Turn with me to Psalm 32 (one of the Old Testament's seven penitential psalms). The poet is David (superscript & Paul's reference in Roman 4:6). The occasion is David's moral collapse in the Bathsheba Scandal. The time of writing is after Psalm 51 (compare tone) and after Nathan's courageous confrontation. David labels Psalm 32 a "maskil", perhaps a psalm of instruction or reflection. David's theme (big idea) is forgiveness – the joy of forgiveness experienced through the confession of sin.
Psalm 32 is David's invitation to glory in your forgiveness . 1.) vv.1-2 – Blessing of forgiven sin (introduction). 2.) vv.3-7 – Testimony of a forgiven sinner. 3.) vv.8-11 – Promise of a forgiving God.2
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