Psalms 32:4

for day and night did your hand lie heavy upon me. The sap of my life was dried up as with fierce summer-heat. Selah

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

3When I held my peace, my bones wore away with my endless groaning;

5I began to acknowledge my sin, not concealing my guilt; and the moment I vowed to confess to the Lord my transgression, then you yourself did pardon the guilt of my sin. Selah

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Cross References

Psalms 38:2for your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand lies heavy upon me.

Psalms 39:10Remove your stroke from off me: by the might of your hand I am spent.

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 →

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