Psalms 32

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1. Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

   The Angels’ Crib cites Psalm 32:7

   …wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance.” — Psalm 32:7, ASV An Architect Called Smit By the spring of 1943 it was clear that the Beje needed…

2. The Secret of Guidance (For Teens) · F. B. Meyer

   God Promises to Guide cites Psalm 32:8

   …thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.” — Psalm 32:8 (KJV) Meyer begins by saying how much guidance matters: “so much of our power and peace…

3. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

   Book 3, Chapter 11 — Of Justification by Faith cites Ps. 32:1

   …without works, saying, Blessed are they whose iniquities are forgiven,” (Rom. 4:6, 7; Ps. 32:1), let Osiander say whether this is a complete or only a partial definition. He certainly…

4. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

   Forgiveness cites Ps. xxxii. 1

   …“Blessed” indeed “is he whose transgression is forgiven, and whose sin is covered.” (Ps. xxxii. 1.)’ How will any one escape if he neglects so great salvation? Why should you not lay hold…

5. The Key Teachings of Julia A. J. Foote · Ochorus Originals

   Full Salvation Now cites PSALM 32:1

   …as well as happy.” Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. PSALM 32:1 Then she read him the promise in Ezekiel. She quotes it in full in her memoir, and it may…

6. How to Bring Men to Christ · R. A. Torrey

   Dealing with Those Who Lack Assurance and with Backsliders cites Ps. xxxii. 1

   …which they ought to confess and give up. John viii. 12; Is. lv. 7; Prov. xxviii. 13; Ps. xxxii. 1‒5, are useful passages in dealing with this class of men, for they show that it is when…

7. A Short and Easy Method of Prayer · Jeanne Guyon

   Distractions and Temptations cites Ps. xxxii. 8

   …thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye” (Ps. xxxii. 8). In distractions or temptations, instead of combating them directly, which would only…

8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   1.3 The Preface to the Commandments cites Psa 32: 11

   …See how David rises by degrees. ‘Be glad in the Lord, and rejoice, and shout for joy.’ Psa 32: 11. Be glad, there is thankfulness; rejoice, there is cheerfulness; shout, there is triumph.…

9. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of communion with Christ in purchased grace cites Ps. xxxii. 1

   …There is distinct mention made of reconciliation, through a non-imputation of sin, as Ps. xxxii. 1, Luke i. 77, Rom. iii. 25, 2 Cor. v. 19; and justification through an imputation of…

10. The Key Teachings of F. B. Meyer · Ochorus Originals

    The Secret of Guidance cites PSALM 32:8

    …thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. PSALM 32:8 Meyer wrote many books, but the little collection of addresses called The Secret of…

11. The Secret of Guidance · F. B. Meyer

    The Secret of Guidance cites Psalm xxxii. 8

    …they should do and say, by the Holy Spirit. THE PROMISES FOR GUIDANCE ARE UNMISTAKABLE. Psalm xxxii. 8 : "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go." This is God's…

12. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    The best things work for good to the godly cites Psa. xxxii. 8

    …not which way to take; here God comes in with light. “I will guide thee with mine eye” (Psa. xxxii. 8). “Eye,” there, is put for God’s wisdom. Why is it the saints can see further than the…

13. Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Corrie ten Boom cites Psalm 32:7

    …wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance” (Psalm 32:7, ASV). 9. God Is Present in Solitude In solitary confinement Corrie found a closeness to…

14. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    September cites Psa. xxxii. 8

    …thee, and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go; I will guide thee with mine eye. Psa. xxxii. 8. When God does the directing, our life is useful and full of promise, whatever it is…

15. The Key Teachings of John Bunyan · Ochorus Originals

    The Burden Loosed at the Cross cites PSALM 32:1

    …present at the end. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. PSALM 32:1 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your…

16. The Key Teachings of John Wesley · Ochorus Originals

    Justification by Faith cites PSALM 32:1–2

    …the man unto whom the LORD imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. PSALM 32:1–2 This definition is deliberately simple. Wesley was suspicious of elaborate theories, and…

17. Anchored – 30 Days with God for Teens – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 29 — Hearing God cites Psalm 32:8

    …you and teach you the way you should go; I will give you counsel and watch over you.” — Psalm 32:8 (BSB) What subjects should I choose? Should I take this job? Should I go out with this…

18. Corrie ten Boom (For Teens) · Ochorus Originals

    Seventy Seconds cites Psalm 32:7

    …wilt preserve me from trouble; Thou wilt compass me about with songs of deliverance.” — Psalm 32:7 (ASV) By the spring of 1943 people were living at the Beje for weeks and months, and the…

19. Sons of the King – 30 Days with God for Guys – Book 1 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 22 — Brave Enough to Say Sorry cites Psalm 32:5

    …‘I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,’ and You forgave the guilt of my sin.” — Psalm 32:5 (BSB) When you think of courage, you might think of battles, adventures or standing up to…

20. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 4 — Penitence, as Explained in the Sophistical Jargon of the Schoolmen, Widely Different from the Purity Required by the Gospel cites Ps. 32:5

    …confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin,” (Ps. 32:5). Another specimen of David’s confessions is as follows: “Have mercy upon me, O God…

21. The Key Teachings of Hannah Whitall Smith · Ochorus Originals

    The Four Voices of Guidance cites PSALM 32:8

    …thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. PSALM 32:8 Hannah Whitall Smith grew up among people who took divine guidance with absolute…

22. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    Confession as Praise cites PSALM 32:5

    …will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. PSALM 32:5 Why confess past sins A reader might ask why a bishop, respected and forgiven, should…

23. The Key Teachings of Jeanne Guyon · Ochorus Originals

    The Heart and the Head cites PSALM 32:8

    …thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. PSALM 32:8 Madame Guyon was suspicious of the head. She was a highly intelligent woman, widely read…

24. The Key Teachings of Charles H. Spurgeon · Ochorus Originals

    The Happiness of Religion cites PSALM 32:1

    …could not match. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. PSALM 32:1 He rejoiced next in the settled purposes of God. Commenting on Peter’s words to believers…

25. The Key Teachings of Dwight L. Moody · Ochorus Originals

    Search Me, O God cites PSALM 32:5

    …will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. PSALM 32:5 Moody was convinced that revival had to begin here. “I firmly believe that the Church of…

26. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

    Confession to One Another cites PSALM 32:3–4

    …old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me. PSALM 32:3–4 The gospel cuts through that loneliness. It tells us that we are sinners, all of us, and…

27. The Key Teachings of Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    A Reader’s Guide to Corrie ten Boom cites PSALM 32:7

    …shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. PSALM 32:7

28. The Cheque Book of the Bank of Faith · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Month of February cites Ps. 32:10

    …14 MERCY TO THE UNDESERVING "He that trusteth in the Lord, mercy shall compass him about" Ps. 32:10 O fair reward of trust! My Lord, grant it me to the full! The truster above all men feels…

29. Evening by Evening · Charles H. Spurgeon

    September cites Psalm 32:5

    …confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin.” (Psalm 32:5) David's grief for sin was bitter. Its effects were visible upon his outward frame: “his…

30. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    3.1 Man's Inability to keep the Moral Law cites Psa 32: 5

    …as hold perfection, need not confess sin. David confessed sin, and Paul confessed sin. Psa 32: 5; Rom 7: 25. But they are got beyond David and Paul; they are perfect, they never…

31. The Saint and His Saviour · Charles H. Spurgeon

    The Causes of Apparent Desertion cites Ps. xxxii. 4

    …3. q Lam. i. 14. r Job xiii. 26. s Ps. xxxviii. 3, 5, 7. t Ps. xxii. 14. u Ps. cii. 3. v Ps. xxxii. 4. w Isa. lix. 11, 12. x Job vii. 18. y Lam. iii. 8. z Ps. lxxx. 4. aa Isa. lix. 2. ab…

32. A Brand Plucked from the Fire · Julia A. J. Foote

    A Religion as Old as the Bible cites Psa. xxxii. 1

    …(Psa. lxvi. 16) "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered." (Psa. xxxii. 1.) While reading this verse, my whole being was so filled with the glory of God that I…

33. The Bruised Reed · Richard Sibbes

    Those that Christ hath to do withal are bruised cites Psalm xxxii. 3

    …of those great worthies do not comfort the church so much, as their falls and bruises do, Psalm xxxii. 3, 4, 5. Thus David was bruised, until he came to a free confession without guile of…

34. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 14 — The Beginning of Justification cites Ps. 32:1

    …words of David, “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered ,” (Ps. 32:1). It is certain that David is not speaking of the ungodly but of believers such as he…

35. Institutes of the Christian Religion · John Calvin

    Book 3, Chapter 20 — Of Prayer cites Ps. 32:6

    …this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found,” (Ps. 32:6, Calv. Com). This passage I have quoted the more readily, because those ravers who employ…

36. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    Our Sins! cites Psalm xxxii. 1

    …Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled!” (Psalm xxxii. 1, 2; Matt, v. 2, etc.)—Their blessedness shall never come to an end: their happiness is no…

37. Knots Untied · J. C. Ryle

    Confession cites Psalm xxxii. 5

    …This is what David practised: “I said I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord.” (Psalm xxxii. 5.) This is what Joshua advised Achan to do: “My son, give glory to God, and make…

38. Portraits of Courage – Corrie ten Boom · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Psalm 32:6-7

    …while the household lived with music, classes, and laughter. Scriptures to revisit Psalm 32:6-7; Psalm 27:5. Reflection 1. Where do you need both practical preparation and joyful trust?…

39. Baptism with the Holy Spirit · R. A. Torrey

    How Spiritual Power is Lost cites Psalm 32:1-5

    …when that sin was confessed and put away, he came to know again the power of the Spirit. (Psalm 32:1-5; Psalm 51:11-13). If we would continuously know the power of God, we should go often…