The Last But Not the End Psalm 32:11

Psalm 32:11 is the last verse in the psalm, but it does not terminate David's meditation. We will do well to continue in it as well.
    Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, all you righteous ones; Shout with joy all you upright in heart.

If you get a chance, review the whole psalm. David begins with a joyful one who is forgiven and whose sin is covered. 2. Joyful again at not being charged and being without deceit. 5. Sin was taken away. 7. Joyful shouts again. 8. Counseled and guided. 10. Surrounded by faithful love. And now 11. Glad, rejoicing, and shouting for joy.

I think he had to quit. He was spent, emotionally and physically. Remember this is the guy who led the procession of the Ark of the Covenant into Jerusalem to be installed back into the Tabernacle. He was so exuberant that his wife was humiliated at his "shameless dancing." (2 Samuel 6) And he had not yet encountered the Bathsheba bomb.

His excitement over being freed from everything must have been unparalleled. "Be glad..." there is a target here. "Be glad in the Lord." We can rejoice over small triumphs, but concentrating on what the Lord has done for us overshadows anything we can imagine.

"And rejoice, all you righteous ones." David is counted in that crowd. "Transgression, sin, deceit, iniquity," and the capstone, "guilt" overwhelmed David like a flood. He had been transported to a spot that was higher than the tempest. (The Rock that is higher than I.) He was hidden securely. (Rock of Ages) He summarized his onslaught of attackers as "trouble." Big trouble would be more accurate. And now he is included with "the righteous ones."

"Shout for joy all you upright in heart." ...with me, David! Upright. Old Jacob had been known as a deceiver and a trickster and he was redeemed. We have examined a lot of David's failings, even before the b-bomb. They have all been forgiven and covered. He was redeemed. He was upright.

An old hymn says
    Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee;
    Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed,
    Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Note the last thought, the double cure for sin. David understood that double debt of guilt and power that he owed because of sin. The shed blood "which from Thy riven side flowed" was the effector of all we have studied in this Psalm of praise and rejoicing. It had not happened yet when David wrote it, but it was prefigured in the sacrifices they offered. He understood and rejoiced.

Can we rejoice with him?
    Be glad in the Lord and rejoice, you righteous ones; shout for joy, all you upright in heart.