Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:1
“Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.”
— Psalms 32:1
The Bible is full of people who would give anything to unsay one sentence or unmake one choice — Peter by the fire, David with Bathsheba's arithmetic. Its regret verses hold two things together: honest grief and a God who restores years the locusts ate. The fifteen verses below are the Bible's direct address to that situation, shown in full KJV text from Psalms 32:1 to Proverbs 28:13.
Quick answer: The best-known verse about regret here is Psalms 32:1: "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." Psalms 32:2 follows close behind: "Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile." Both are public-domain translations, shown in full on the cards below with a modern-English toggle.
Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.
Psalms 32:1
Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.
Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
Psalms 32:2
Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David, when Nathan the prophet came to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, God, according to your loving kindness. According to the multitude of your tender mercies, blot out my transgressions.
Psalms 51:1
If thou, LORD, shouldest mark iniquities, O Lord, who shall stand?
If you, Yah, kept a record of sins, Lord, who could stand?
Psalms 130:3
Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: according to thy mercy remember thou me for thy goodness’ sake, O LORD.
Don’t remember the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions. Remember me according to your loving kindness, for your goodness’ sake, Yahweh.
Psalms 25:7
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
“Don’t remember the former things, and don’t consider the things of old.
Isaiah 43:18
Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Surely after that I was turned. I repented. After that I was instructed. I struck my thigh. I was ashamed, yes, even confounded, because I bore the reproach of my youth.’
Jeremiah 31:19
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
I will restore to you the years that the swarming locust has eaten, the great locust, the grasshopper, and the caterpillar, my great army, which I sent among you.
Joel 2:25
From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
But when he came to himself, he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!
Luke 15:17
Repent ye therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord;
“Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, so that there may come times of refreshing from the presence of the Lord,
Acts 3:19
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.
For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death.
2 Corinthians 7:10
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
and put on the new man, who in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of truth.
Ephesians 4:24
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Brothers, I don’t regard myself as yet having taken hold, but one thing I do: forgetting the things which are behind and stretching forward to the things which are before,
Philippians 3:13
He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13
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