Lenten Devotional for March 6

Note: Each Friday during Lent, one of the Seven Penitential Psalms will be offered. The penitential designation of these Psalms dates from the seventh century.

Psalm 32 (NKJV)

¹Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered. ² Blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. ³ When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long. ⁴ For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

⁵ I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I have not hidden. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” And You forgave the iniquity of my sin. ⁶ For this cause everyone who is godly shall pray to You In a time when You may be found; Surely in a flood of great waters They shall not come near him. ⁷ You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah                  

⁸ I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye. ⁹ Do not be like the horse or like the mule, Which have no understanding, Which must be harnessed with bit and bridle, Else they will not come near you. ¹⁰ Many sorrows shall be to the wicked; But he who trusts in the Lord, mercy shall surround him. ¹¹ Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous; And shout for joy, all you upright in heart!