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Psalms 32:6

For this shall every pious one pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely [then] when great waters overflow, they shall never reach unto him.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

In Context

5My sin do I ever acknowledge unto thee, and my iniquity have I not covered up. I said, I will make confession because of my transgressions unto the Lord: and thou truly forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

7Thou art my hiding-place; from distress wilt thou preserve me; with songs of deliverance wilt thou encompass me. Selah.

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Cross References

Genesis 7:17And the flood was forty days upon the earth; and the waters increased, and bore up the ark, and it was lifted up above the earth.

Psalms 34:2(34:3) My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear it, and be rejoiced.

Psalms 42:7(42:8) Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterfalls: all thy waves and thy billows have passed over me.

Psalms 69:1“To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, by David.” (69:2) Save me, O God; for the waters are come even to threaten my life.

Psalms 91:7There shall fall at thy side a thousand, and ten thousand at thy right hand; unto thee [however] shall it not come nigh.

Psalms 144:7Stretch out thy hands from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of the children of the stranger.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 32:2-7

Who Are Blessed. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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Study Psalms 32:6

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