The Blessed Man: Forgiven (Ps. 32)

Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Psalm 32 is called a -Maskil of David.- We don't know for certain what a Maskil is. It is probably a type of song.--Psalm 32 is not itself a prayer, but rather a song of instruction. The voice keeps changing in this Psalm. Verses 1-2 are in the third person. Verses 3-7 shift to the first person addressing God as -you.- But then verses 8-9 stay in the first person, but the second person addressed is now the hearer, as David instructing his hearers in the way -you- should go. And then verses 10-11 conclude with an exhortation to -you- but now the -you- are the righteous.--We've been seeing that Book One of the Psalms portrays a world where the King is on the throne. And yet things are not as they should be. We are not as we should be.--The LORD's anointed - the Messiah - has ascended the hill of the LORD. He dwells at God's right hand. And because Jesus sits at God's right hand - we who sing these songs with him have confidence - because we wait upon the LORD who has not just promised that he would come to David but he has come in the flesh in our Lord Jesus Christ-