1. Blessed. Like the Sermon on the
Mount, this psalm begins with beatitudes. This is the second psalm of
benediction. The first psalm describes the result of holy blessedness; the
thirty-second details the cause of it. The first pictures the tree in full
growth; this depicts it in its first planting and watering. He who in the first
psalm is a reader of God’s book, is here a suppliant at God’s throne accepted
and heard. Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven. He is now
blessed, and ever shall be. Be he ever so poor, or sick, or sorrowful, he is
blessed in very deed. Pardoning mercy is of all things in the world most to be
prized, for it is the only and sure way to happiness. The word rendered forgiven
is in the original “taken off,” or “taken away,” as a burden is lifted or
a barrier removed. What a lift is here! Whose sin is covered. Covered by
God, as the ark was covered by the mercy-seat, as Noah was covered from the
flood, as the Egyptians were covered by the depths of the sea. What a cover
must that be which hides away forever from the sight of the all-seeing God all
the filthiness of the flesh and of the spirit!
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