Psalms 32:5

Psalms 32:5. 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 sins. Selah.

"And thou forgavest" - blessed "and." How very simple it was! The floods of divine wrath were swelling; he just pulled up the sluices of confession, the floods ran away, and all was quiet. Oh, what a simple plan this is! But; pride cannot brook it; to humble oneself, and confess before God that one is utterly undone and ruined and sinful, is what our proud spirit will not bring itself to do if it can help it. Yet, that is the way of peace. Down, down, down, flat on your face! "He that is down need fear no fall." But we do not like that going down, that acknowledgment of transgression. Still, we must come to it: and the sooner, the better. The Lord bring; every proud soul here to a full acknowledgment and confession of sin, and then forgiveness will surely follow.