Covered - Psalm 32

Psalm 32:1 says, "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered..." and in the NKJV, verse 5 says, "I acknowledged my sin to You, and my iniquity I have not hidden..."  But the ESV makes the Hebrew word connection clearer, "...and I did not cover my iniquity..."  The word, ka-sa, is the same in both verses.

And here is the point of the Psalm, wrapped up in this use of the verb.  When we try to cover our sins, as Adam and Eve tried to cover their ashamed nakedness, nothing is covered at all.  There is no forgiveness.  But when we come to the Lord acknowledging our sins, showing them to Him, and not covering them, then they are covered by Him, just as He covered Adam and Eve Himself with the skins of animals.

There is another way to say this.  When we say to God, "I didn't do that," He will say to us, "Oh, but you did do that."  But when we say, repenting as we speak, "I did that," He will say to us, "You did not do that.  It is gone.  It is covered."  And He will not keep track.  He will not keep a hidden account.  For your sin has been covered in the shed blood of Jesus Christ.