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 168 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. Conviction, on the other hand, is when God the Spirit prompts us to grieve

our sins, and he changes our hearts and our actions to align with God's will. When the Spirit's

conviction comes, there's no rest or true happiness for the person who doesn't respond with

repentance. That's what David's pointing to in verses 3 through 5.

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