Happy are those whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Happy are those to whom the Lord imputes no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Then I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not hide my iniquity; I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord’, and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Therefore let all who are faithful offer prayer to you; at a time of distress, the rush of mighty waters shall not reach them. You are a hiding-place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with glad cries of deliverance. (Psalm 32, NRSV)
Happy are they…
Are you happy?
Well according to David you should be if there is no deceit in your spirit… If all of your dealings are upright and trust worthy!
David also says you should be happy if the Lord imputes no iniquity to you…
Ok I admit I had to look up imputes. While I can come up with meaning from context, what does it really mean…
Merriam-Webster defines impute as: to say or suggest that someone or something has or is guilty of (something)
So you should be happy when the Lord says you are not guilty of committing sin. When you have been forgiven.
Now forgiveness of the sins we have committed and imputing no iniquity is not the same. We are forgiven, and then told that we are not guilty of committing any sins. So we are truly clean and because of that we are happy.
We can be forgiven and made clean by God, and that should make all of us very happy!
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