“Blessed are those whose iniquities are forgiven, and whose sins are covered;
Thou didst forgive the iniquity of thy people; thou didst pardon all their sin. Selah
And behold, they brought to him a paralytic, lying on his bed; and when Jesus saw their faith he said to the paralytic, “Take heart, my son; your sins are forgiven.”
So also David pronounces a blessing upon the man to whom God reckons righteousness apart from works: