Psalms 32:4
For the weight of your hand was on me day and night; my body became dry like the earth in summer. (Selah.)
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In Context
3When I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
Cross References
1 Samuel 5:6But the hand of the Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and he sent disease on them through all the country of Ashdod.
1 Samuel 5:11So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.
Job 16:21So that he may give decision for a man in his cause with God, and between a son of man and his neighbour.
Job 33:7Fear of me will not overcome you, and my hand will not be hard on you.
Psalms 38:2\38:1\O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalms 39:10\39:9\I was quiet, and kept my mouth shut; because you had done it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 32:2-7
Who Are Blessed. 1 Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile. 3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. 5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord ; and thou forgavest… Read the whole commentary →