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Text: | How Blest, Those Whose Transgressions (Psalm 32) |
Tune: | MEIRIONYDD |
Composer: | William Lloyd |
Media: | Audio recording |
1 How blest, those whose transgressions
have freely been forgiven;
whose guilt is wholly covered
before the sight of heaven.
Blest, those to whom our Lord God
will not impute their sin:
whose guilt has been forgiven;
whose hearts, made true again.
2 While I kept guilty silence,
my strength was spent with grief.
Your hand was heavy on me;
my life found no relief.
But when I made confession
and hid no sin from you,
when I revealed my failings,
you gave me life anew.
3 So let the godly seek you,
when troubling times are near;
no storm or flood shall reach them,
nor cause their hearts to fear.
In you, O Lord, I hide me;
you save me from all ill.
And songs of your salvation
my heart with rapture fill.
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First Line: | How blest, those whose transgressions |
Title: | How Blest, Those Whose Transgressions (Psalm 32) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Community in Christ; Confession; Forgiveness(7 more...) |
Source: | The New Metrical Version of the Psalms, 1909, alt. |
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Name: | MEIRIONYDD |
Composer: | William Lloyd (1840) |
Meter: | 7.6.7.6.D |
Key: | D Major |
Although this is one of the traditional seven penitential psalms, it could equally well be called a psalm of thanksgiving for forgiveness. It bears witness to the desirability of confession as well as to God’s gracious and forgiving nature, encouraging the faithful to seek God.
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Audio recording: | Audio (MP3) |