# Psalms 32.1
**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95
## Immediate context (±2 verses)
**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. A Psalm of David. Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered.**
>
> 2. Blessed is the man unto whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no guile. 3. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long. (Psalms 32:1-3, ASV)
**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. By David. A contemplative psalm. Blessed is he whose disobedience is forgiven, whose sin is covered.**
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> 2. Blessed is the man to whom Yahweh doesn’t impute iniquity, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3. When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. (Psalms 32:1-3, WEB)
**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **1. A Psalm of David, Maschil. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. A Psalm: or, A Psalm of David giving instruction**
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> 2. Blessed is the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3. When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. (Psalms 32:1-3, KJV)
**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. By David., An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression [is] forgiven, Whose sin is covered.**
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> 2. O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3. When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day. (Psalms 32:1-3, YLT)
## Setting
- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_
## Theological reading
_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._
## Key words
_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._
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## Quoted in
**Arguments and defeaters:**
- [Argument from Forgiveness](/codex/argument-from-forgiveness/), via [Psalms 32.1-5](/codex/psalms-32-1-5/)
- [Imprecatory Psalms Objection Defeater](/codex/imprecatory-psalms-objection-defeater/)
**Concepts:**
- [Biblical Forgiveness](/codex/biblical-forgiveness/)
**Lexicon:**
- [G0863 - aphiemi](/codex/g0863-aphiemi/)
- [G3049 - logizomai](/codex/g3049-logizomai/), via [Psalms 32.1-2](/codex/psalms-32-1-2/)
- [H6588 - pesha](/codex/h6588-pesha/)
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## Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.