The wicked can count on having much sorrow in life normally. On the other hand, those who trust in the Lord will experience His loyal love and will be able to praise Him. [source][source][source]
Believers who sin are wise to confess their sins to God as soon after we commit them as possible. This will minimize the discipline God sends to bring us to repentance. [1][source]
"The case can be made that great men and women throughout the Bible and church history have been men and women of repentance. The more we see of God and his glory, the more we become aware of indwelling sin, and therefore the more we find repentance to be a way of Life. As George Whitefield said, "The indwelling of sin in the heart is the burden of a converted person; it is the burden of a true Christian." [2] Therefore it follows that the Song of Solomon -called penitential psalms were often on the lips of great people of God. Psalm 32was Augustine"s favorite, even setting it above his bed that he might immediately see it upon waking. [3] Of this psalm he said, "The beginning of understanding is to know thyself a sinner." [3]1 Even on his deathbed he asked that the penitential psalms be written out and placed where he could see them. [5] According to Martin Luther, the greatest of psalms were the "Psalmi Paulini" (Pauline Psalm). He considered these to be Psalm 32 , 51 , 130 , , 143 , which were all penitential psalms. [6] Of course, Scripture does not attach these psalms to the apostle Paul, yet its propriety cannot be doubted for the man who considered himself the chief of sinners." [3]1 [source]
"The psalm could lead us to think through the ways in which our culture denies and suppresses and covers up all in the name of competence, prosperity, and success. For what the psalm finally commends is yielding. Against that, our social values are oriented to unyielding control." [8][source]