Hey Bible readers, I'm Tara Lee Cobble and I'm your host for the Bible Recap.

All our Psalms today were written by David. As he pours his heart out in song, we see

his repentance before God. We see him praising God's forgiveness and mercy.

And we come full circle at the end

with the praise song focused on God's relationship

with all the people David rules over,

which is especially fitting

since David's recent sin had national consequences.

Psalm 32 is a Psalm of Thanksgiving to God for the unique way he works in the hearts of his kids

to bless us even when we sin. He doesn't bless our sin, but he still

bless us when we sin. And two of the ways he does that is by covering our sins and

convicting us of our sins. Those are both blessings.

There are two ways sin can be covered. When I cover my sins, I hide them, but

when God covers my sins he atones for them. He pays for them.

It's kind of like when you forget your wallet and the bill comes and your friend says,

I'll cover you. Except God's covering is for a lot more than just a steak dinner.

It's for all your sin and rebellion, past, present, and future.

At the start of this chapter, David was the one doing the covering.

But at the end of the chapter, David uncovers his sin and God covers it.

This is what God the Son did for us on the cross. God the Spirit plays a different

role. He lives in believers and one of his jobs is to point out the places our sin has trapped us and guide us out.

John 168 calls this conviction,

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