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1 The one whose wrongdoing is forgiven, whose sin is covered over, is truly happy!
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Blessed is the one whose transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered.
2 The one the LORD doesn't consider guilty— in whose spirit there is no dishonesty— that one is truly happy!
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Blessed is the one whose sin the LORD does not count against them and in whose spirit is no deceit.
3 When I kept quiet, my bones wore out; I was groaning all day long— every day, every night!—
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When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
4 because your hand was heavy upon me. My energy was sapped as if in a summer drought. Selah
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For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
5 So I admitted my sin to you; I didn't conceal my guilt. "I'll confess my sins to the LORD, " is what I said. Then you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah
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Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD.” And you forgave the guilt of my sin.
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