Psalms 32

Which worship songs are based on Psalms 32?

  1. My Deliverer — Chris Tomlin (2008) Psalms 32:6-7

    The pairing of threatening floodwaters with God as a personal hiding place closely follows these consecutive verses, which connect overwhelming waters with refuge and deliverance.

  2. Every Captive Free — Matt Gilman (2013) Psalms 32:7

    The chorus adapts the psalm’s distinctive association of surrounding music with deliverance, presenting God as the singer addressing the rescued person.

  3. No Longer Slaves — Bethel Music (2015) Psalms 32:7

    The opening verse and interlude closely adapt the psalm's distinctive image of God surrounding the speaker with songs of deliverance.

  4. Saving Grace — The Afters (2010) Psalms 32:7

    The chorus identifies God as the singer's personal refuge, closely adapting the psalmist's description of God as a hiding place. The surrounding emphasis on safety supports this connection.

  5. Heart's Delight — John Mark McMillan (2025) Psalms 32:7

    The song refers to God as a 'hiding place' during times of trouble, echoing the sentiment of finding refuge in God as expressed in Psalm 32:7.

  6. We'll Understand It Better By And By — Guy Penrod (2012) Psalms 32:8

    The description of God guiding His people through His watchful eye closely adapts this verse's distinctive promise of instruction and guidance. The hymn applies that assurance to believers who cannot understand their difficult journey.

Psalms 32 (King James Version)

1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered.

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.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

6 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.

7 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.

8 I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.

9 Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

10 Many sorrows shall be to the wicked: but he that trusteth in the LORD, mercy shall compass him about.

11 Be glad in the LORD, and rejoice, ye righteous: and shout for joy, all ye that are upright in heart.