Man or Mule? [Psalm 32]

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It’s good to confess:

 

1 Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,
    whose sin is covered.
2 Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity,
    and in whose spirit there is no deceit.

 

But David knows from personal experience how stubborn we can be in refusing to admit wrongdoing:

 

3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away
    through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;
    my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. 

 

So, I like his warning to us:

 

9  Be not like a horse or a mule, without understanding,
    which must be curbed with bit and bridle,
    or it will not stay near you.

 

Will you be man or mule today?