Psalms 32 Footnotes

32:1-2 Paul cited this passage (Rm 4:6-8) to show that when God forgives sins he does not “charge” them to our accounts; they are removed from the record. God will never bring them up again. That is why the forgiven worshiper wrote of such joy and happiness (Hb, “blessedness”). In the OT as well as the NT, when a person truly repents and confesses sin, the Lord forgives because he has promised to do so (Ps 103:8-12; 130:4).

32:6 The authors of Scripture exhort people to seek God while he may be found (Is 55:6). He works through human affairs to convince people of their sin and provide opportunities for them to find his favor. To refuse him again and again may jeopardize the opportunity as a person becomes more and more hardened in sin; there may come a time when such hardness is part of God’s judgment on an individual (Is 6:8-12; Rm 1:24).