Psalms 32:6 (DBY)

Passage

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

Nearby Context

Psalms 32:4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Psalms 32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity I covered not; I said, I will confess my transgressions unto Jehovah, and *thou* forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Psalms 32:6 For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee at a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they will not reach him.

Psalms 32:7 Thou art a hiding-place for me; thou preservest me from trouble; thou dost encompass me with songs of deliverance. Selah.

Psalms 32:8 I will instruct thee and teach thee the way in which thou shalt go; I will counsel [thee] with mine eye upon thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "godly", "pray", "thee", "time", "thou", "mayest", and "found". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "godly", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "I acknowledged my sin unto thee and..." into verse 7's "Thou art a hiding-place for me thou...", so "shall" and "godly" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "godly" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.