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Psalms 32:4

When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

Young's Literal Translation

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 have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

5My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, 'I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou — Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 5:6And the hand of Jehovah is heavy on the Ashdodites, and He maketh them desolate, and smiteth them with emerods, Ashdod and its borders.

1 Samuel 5:11And they send and gather all the princes of the Philistines, and say, 'Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and it turneth back to its place, and it doth not put us to death — and our people;' for there hath been a deadly destruction throughout all the city, very heavy hath the hand of God been there,

Job 16:21And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

Job 33:7Lo, my terror doth not frighten thee, And my burden on thee is not heavy.

Psalms 38:2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

Psalms 39:10Turn aside from off me Thy stroke, From the striving of Thy hand I have been consumed.

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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