Reading Psalm 32 helps me remember that Old Testament saints were saved by grace through faith just as we are now.
David committed adultery with Bathsheba and murdered her husband. The death penalty was required for both adultery and murder according to Mosaic Law.
But David admitted and confessed his sin after Nathan confronted him. God graciously forgave his sin, did not require the death penalty and "did not charge his account with iniquity." Instead, Christ's righteousness was credited to David's account.
In Romans 4, Paul quotes Psalm 32 to show that David, like us, was saved by grace through faith and not by keeping the law or earning God's favor.
Praise God for not giving us what we deserve and for graciously giving us Christ's righteousness.
Logan Strawn
I love in this psalm that 'the godly' aren't those who are sinless, but who offer a prayer - presumably of confession. They are godly because their iniquity is covered and sins forgiven!
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