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 blesses

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 16-8 calls this conviction, and it's important to note that this is different from condemnation.

According to Romans 8-1, God's kids will never be condemned because our sins have been covered by Jesus.

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