Psalm 32:6

Translations

Modern

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Traditional

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.

Literal

…upon thus, let every godly one pray to You, in a time to find; even with a flood of great waters toward him, they shall not touch him.

Latin

Pro hac orabit ad te omnis sanctus in tempore opportuno. Verumtamen in diluvio aquarum multarum, ad eum non approximabunt.

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English

Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Notes

Psalms 32:6

The godly will learn from the psalmist’s experience to pray for forgiveness before it is too late.

Psalms 32:1–11

This wisdom psalm of confession and thanks urges the godly to learn from the psalmist’s journey through sin, denial, confession, and forgiveness. The early church used this psalm as one of the seven penitential psalms (psalms of repentance, see also Psalms 6, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143).

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