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href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/psalms/32.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/32.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />When I refused to confess my sin, my body wasted away, and I groaned all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent <i>about my sin,</i> my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />When I kept silent <i>about my sin</i>, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />When I kept silent <i>about my sin</i>, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent <i>about my sin</i>, my body wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Before I confessed my sins, my bones felt limp, and I groaned all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When I kept silent [about my sins], my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When I did not confess my sins, I was worn out from crying all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away by my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When I have kept silence, my bones have become old, "" Through my roaring all the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />If I was silent, my bones fell away in my groaning all the day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Because I was silent my bones grew old; whilst I cried out all the day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 31:3>Because I was silent, my bones grew old, while still I cried out all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Because I kept silent, my bones wasted away; I groaned all day long. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Because I suffered in silence all the day long, my bones waxed old during my deep slumber.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because you have been silent, my bones are worn out, while I have been roaring all day.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />When I kept silence, my bones wore away Through my groaning all the day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Because I kept silence, my bones waxed old, from my crying all the day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/32-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=3403" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">The Providence of God</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">When</a> <a href="/hebrew/2790.htm" title="2790: he·ḥĕ·raš·tî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- To cut in, engrave, plow, devise.">I kept silent,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6106.htm" title="6106: ‘ă·ṣā·māy (N-fpc:: 1cs) -- Bone, substance, self. From atsam; a bone; by extension, the body; figuratively, the substance, i.e. Selfsame.">my bones</a> <a href="/hebrew/1086.htm" title="1086: bā·lū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To become old, wear out. A primitive root; to fail; by implication to wear out, decay.">became brittle</a> <a href="/hebrew/7581.htm" title="7581: bə·ša·’ă·ḡā·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A roaring. From sha'ag; a rumbling or moan.">from my groaning</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all day long.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a></span><br />He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Psalm 38:3-8</a></span><br />There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. / For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. / My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/51-8.htm">Psalm 51:8</a></span><br />Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/33-19.htm">Job 33:19-22</a></span><br />A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, / so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. / His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-16.htm">James 5:16</a></span><br />Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man has great power to prevail.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_john/1-9.htm">1 John 1:9</a></span><br />If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/4-7.htm">Romans 4:7-8</a></span><br />“Blessed are they whose lawless acts are forgiven, whose sins are covered. / Blessed is the man whose sin the Lord will never count against him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Psalm 6:2-3</a></span><br />Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. / My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/39-2.htm">Psalm 39:2-3</a></span><br />I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred. / My heart grew hot within me; as I mused, the fire burned. Then I spoke with my tongue:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalm 31:10</a></span><br />For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Isaiah 59:12</a></span><br />For our transgressions are multiplied before You, and our sins testify against us. Our transgressions are indeed with us, and we know our iniquities:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/3-13.htm">Jeremiah 3:13</a></span><br />Only acknowledge your guilt, that you have rebelled against the LORD your God. You have scattered your favors to foreign gods under every green tree and have not obeyed My voice,’” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/11-28.htm">Matthew 11:28-30</a></span><br />Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. / Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. / For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/15-17.htm">Luke 15:17-19</a></span><br />Finally he came to his senses and said, ‘How many of my father’s hired servants have plenty of food, but here I am, starving to death! / I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. / I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Make me like one of your hired servants.”’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.</p><p class="hdg">When</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/3-8.htm">Genesis 3:8-19</a></b></br> And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/31-13.htm">1 Samuel 31:13</a></b></br> And they took their bones, and buried <i>them</i> under a tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/11-27.htm">2 Samuel 11:27</a></b></br> And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">bones</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Psalm 6:2</a></b></br> Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I <i>am</i> weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/31-9.htm">Psalm 31:9,10</a></b></br> Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, <i>yea</i>, my soul and my belly… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Psalm 38:3</a></b></br> <i>There is</i> no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither <i>is there any</i> rest in my bones because of my sin.</p><p class="hdg">roaring</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-1.htm">Psalm 22:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? <i>why art thou so</i> far from helping me, <i>and from</i> the words of my roaring?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Psalm 38:8</a></b></br> I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-24.htm">Job 3:24</a></b></br> For my sighing cometh before I eat, and my roarings are poured out like the waters.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Body</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/psalms/22-30.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/psalms/30-7.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/psalms/22-13.htm">Roaring</a> <a href="/psalms/31-18.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/psalms/31-18.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/31-17.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/psalms/32-2.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/esther/9-4.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-18.htm">Wore</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/32-4.htm">Body</a> <a href="/psalms/34-20.htm">Bones</a> <a href="/psalms/40-5.htm">Declared</a> <a href="/psalms/38-9.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/psalms/32-9.htm">Mouth</a> <a href="/psalms/65-7.htm">Roaring</a> <a href="/psalms/38-13.htm">Shut</a> <a href="/psalms/35-22.htm">Silence</a> <a href="/psalms/35-22.htm">Silent</a> <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Wasted</a> <a href="/psalms/39-3.htm">Waxed</a> <a href="/psalms/35-13.htm">Wore</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 32</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/32-1.htm">Blessedness consists in remission of sins</a></span><br><span class="reftext">3. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">Confession of sins gives ease to the conscience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/32-8.htm">God's promises bring joy</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/32.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/32.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>When I kept silent</b><br>This phrase reflects the internal struggle and burden of unconfessed sin. Silence here is not merely the absence of speech but a refusal to acknowledge wrongdoing before God. In biblical context, silence can signify a lack of repentance, as seen in the story of David's sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 11-12). The silence represents a spiritual state where one is cut off from the restorative power of confession and forgiveness. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/28-13.htm">Proverbs 28:13</a>, which states that concealing sins does not lead to prosperity, but confessing and renouncing them brings mercy.<p><b>my bones became brittle</b><br>The imagery of bones becoming brittle suggests a deep, physical manifestation of spiritual distress. In ancient Hebrew culture, bones were often seen as the core of one's physical being, representing strength and vitality. The psalmist's experience indicates that unconfessed sin can lead to physical and emotional deterioration. This is echoed in <a href="/job/30-30.htm">Job 30:30</a>, where Job describes his own physical affliction in terms of his bones burning with fever, symbolizing intense suffering. The connection between sin and physical health is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing the holistic nature of human beings.<p><b>from my groaning all day long</b><br>The continuous groaning signifies ongoing anguish and unrest. This groaning is not just a physical expression but a spiritual lament, reflecting the weight of guilt and separation from God. In the cultural context of the Psalms, groaning often accompanies lamentation and is a cry for divine intervention, as seen in <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a>, where the psalmist is weary with groaning. The phrase underscores the relentless nature of sin's burden, which affects every aspect of life. It also foreshadows the relief and joy that come with confession and forgiveness, as later described in the same psalm.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">Psalm 32</a>, David is reflecting on his personal experience with sin and repentance.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine being to whom David is ultimately accountable and from whom he seeks forgiveness.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sin_and_repentance.htm">Sin and Repentance</a></b><br>The central theme of the psalm, focusing on the consequences of unconfessed sin and the relief found in confession.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/inner_turmoil.htm">Inner Turmoil</a></b><br>The emotional and physical distress David experiences due to his silence about his sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/confession.htm">Confession</a></b><br>The act that David eventually undertakes, leading to his spiritual and emotional relief.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_burden_of_silence.htm">The Burden of Silence</a></b><br>Unconfessed sin leads to spiritual, emotional, and even physical distress.<br><br>Silence about sin can create a barrier between us and God, affecting our overall well-being.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession.htm">The Power of Confession</a></b><br>Confession is a powerful tool for spiritual healing and restoration.<br><br>God desires honesty and transparency from us, and confession opens the door to His mercy and forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real consequences that can affect every aspect of our lives.<br><br>Recognizing the impact of sin is the first step toward seeking God’s forgiveness and healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_community.htm">The Role of Community</a></b><br>Sharing our struggles with trusted fellow believers can provide support and accountability.<br><br>The Christian community is a vital resource for encouragement and prayer in the journey of repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God’s Faithfulness</a></b><br>God is faithful to forgive and restore those who come to Him with a repentant heart.<br><br>His grace is sufficient to cover all our sins when we turn to Him in humility.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_32.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 32</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_psalm_32_3-4's_suffering_be_tested.htm">How can the physical suffering described in Psalm 32:3–4 be scientifically tested or verified in a modern context? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_you_show_compassion_today.htm">How does confession lead to forgiveness and healing?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_sin_confession_needed_for_forgiveness.htm">Is confessing sins necessary for divine forgiveness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/effects_of_unconfessed_sin.htm">What are the effects of unconfessed sin?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/32.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">When I kept.</span>--He describes his state of mind before he could bring himself to confess his sin (the rendering of the particle <span class= "ital">ki </span>by <span class= "ital">when, </span>comp. <a href="/hosea/11-1.htm" title="When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.">Hosea 11:1</a>, is quite correct). Like that knight of story, in whom<p>"His mood was often like a fiend, and rose<p>And drove him into wastes and solitudes<p>For agony, who was yet a living soul,"<p>this man could not live sleek and smiling in his sin, but was so tortured by "remorseful pain" that his body bore the marks of his mental anguish, which, no doubt, "had marr'd his face, and marked it ere his time."<p><span class= "bld">My bones waxed old.</span>--For this expression comp. <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm" title="Have mercy on me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.">Psalm 6:2</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 3.</span> <span class="cmt_word">- When I kept silence</span>; <span class="accented">i.e. so</span> long as I did not acknowledge my sin - while I remained silent about it, quite aware that I hod sinned grievously, suffering in conscience, but not confessing it even to myself. The time spoken of is that which immediately followed the commission of the adultery, and which continued until Nathan uttered the words, "Thou art the man!" (<a href="/2_samuel/12-7.htm">2 Samuel 12:7</a>). <span class="cmt_word">My bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> I suffered grievous pain, both bodily and mental. My bones ached (comp. <a href="/psalms/6-2.htm">Psalm 6:2</a>; <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Psalm 31:10</a>); and I "roared," or groaned, in spirit, all the day long." Unconfessed sin rankles in the heart of a man who is not far gone in vice, but has been surprised into a wicked action, no sooner done than regretted. Such a one, in Archbishop Leighton's words, "Vulnus alit venis et caeco carpitur igne." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/32-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">When</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I kept silent,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֶ֭חֱרַשְׁתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(he·ḥĕ·raš·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2790.htm">Strong's 2790: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut in, engrave, plow, devise</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my bones</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲצָמָ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·ṣā·māy)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6106.htm">Strong's 6106: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bone, the body, the substance, selfsame</span><br /><br /><span class="word">became brittle</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּל֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(bā·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1086.htm">Strong's 1086: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fail, to wear out, decay</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from my groaning</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝שַׁאֲגָתִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ša·’ă·ḡā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7581.htm">Strong's 7581: </a> </span><span class="str2">A rumbling, moan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all day long.</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/32-3.htm">Psalm 32:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 32:3 When I kept silence my bones wasted (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/32-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 32:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 32:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/32-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 32:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 32:4" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>