Psalms 32:1

PSALM 32 Maschil; or, an instructor. This Psalm is most fitly so called, because it was composed for the information of the church, in that most important doctrine, concerning the way to true blessedness. They are blessed whose sins are forgiven, Psalms 32:1,2. Confession of sins giveth ease to the conscience, Psalms 32:3. God's promise to them that trust in him, Psalms 32:8. I did indeed say that they, and they only, were blessed, that did not walk in the counsel of the ungodly, & c., but did delight in and meditate on God's law, Psalms 1:1,2. And it is true, this is the only way to blessedness. But if inquiry be made into the cause of man's blessedness, we must seek that elsewhere. All men having sinned and made themselves guilty before God, and fallen short of the glory of God, and of that happiness which was conferred upon their first parents, now there is no way to recover this lost felicity, but by seeking and obtaining the favour of God, and the pardon of our sins; which is the very doctrine of the gospel; to the confirmation whereof this text is justly alleged, Romans 4:6,7. Our sins are debts, and they need forgiving; they are filthy and abominable in God's sight, and need covering.