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My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/32.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/32.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/32.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/32.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality failed <i>as</i> with the dry heat of summer. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/32.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/32.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away <i>as</i> with the fever heat of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/32.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away <i>as</i> with the heat of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/32.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand [of displeasure] was heavy upon me; My energy (vitality, strength) was drained away as with the burning heat of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/32.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/32.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer&#8217s heat. Selah <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/32.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. [Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/32.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Night and day your hand weighed heavily on me, and my strength was gone as in the summer heat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/32.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/32.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength shriveled in the summer heat. [Selah]<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/32.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Day and night you punished me, LORD; my strength was completely drained, as moisture is dried up by the summer heat. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/32.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/32.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/32.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah) <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/32.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy on me to my destruction in the heat of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/32.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drouth of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/32.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/32.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />When by day and by night Your hand is heavy on me, "" My moisture has been changed "" Into the droughts of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/32.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/32.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand will be heavy upon me: my moisture was turned into the dryness of summer. Silence.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/32.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I am turned in my anguish, whilst the thorn is fastened. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/32.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 31:4>For, day and night, your hand was heavy upon me. I have been converted in my anguish, while still the thorn is piercing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/32.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength withered as in dry summer heat. <i>Selah</i> <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/32.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/32.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; intense pain developed in my heart great enough to kill me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/32.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because night and day your hand has been heavy against me, and pain returned into my chest to kill me.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/32.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For day and night Thy hand was heavy upon me; My sap was turned as in the droughts of summer. Selah <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/32.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: I became thoroughly miserable while a thorn was fastened in <i>me</i>. Pause.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/32-4.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=3409" 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">3</span>When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3119.htm" title="3119: yō·w·mām (Adv) -- Daytime, by day. From yowm; daily.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: wā·lay·lāh (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">and night</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yā·ḏe·ḵā (N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">Your hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/3513.htm" title="3513: tiḵ·baḏ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- Or kabed; a primitive root; to be heavy, i.e. In a bad sense or in a good sense (in the same two senses).">was heavy</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lay (Prep:: 1cs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon me;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3955.htm" title="3955: lə·šad·dî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Juice, juicy or dainty bit, a dainty. From an unused root of uncertain meaning; apparently juice, i.e. vigor; also a sweet or fat cake.">my strength</a> <a href="/hebrew/2015.htm" title="2015: neh·paḵ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To turn, overturn. A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert.">was drained</a> <a href="/hebrew/7019.htm" title="7019: qa·yiṣ (N-ms) -- To awake. From quwts; harvest, whether the product or the season.">as in the summer</a> <a href="/hebrew/2725.htm" title="2725: bə·ḥar·ḇō·nê (Prep-b:: N-mpc) -- Drought. From charab; parching heat.">heat.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5542.htm" title="5542: se·lāh (Interjection) -- To lift up, exalt. From calah; suspension, i.e. Pause.">Selah</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. 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="/psalms/38-2.htm">Psalm 38:2-8</a></span><br />For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. / 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. ...<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="/proverbs/17-22.htm">Proverbs 17:22</a></span><br />A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-4.htm">Lamentations 3:4</a></span><br />He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-5</a></span><br />The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/15-18.htm">Jeremiah 15:18</a></span><br />Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? You have indeed become like a mirage to me—water that is not there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/24-10.htm">2 Samuel 24:10</a></span><br />After David had numbered the troops, his conscience was stricken and he said to the LORD, “I have sinned greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”<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="/psalms/39-10.htm">Psalm 39:10-11</a></span><br />Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand. / You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah<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="/romans/7-24.htm">Romans 7:24</a></span><br />What a wretched man I am! Who will rescue me from this body of death?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-30.htm">1 Corinthians 11:30-32</a></span><br />That is why many among you are weak and sick, and a number of you have fallen asleep. / Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment. / But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-6</a></span><br />And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-14.htm">James 5:14-16</a></span><br />Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord. / And the prayer offered in faith will restore the one who is sick. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned, he will be forgiven. / 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="/revelation/3-19.htm">Revelation 3:19</a></span><br />Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.</p><p class="hdg">hand</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Psalm 38:2-8</a></b></br> For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-10.htm">Psalm 39:10,11</a></b></br> Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thine hand… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6,7,9,11</a></b></br> But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, <i>even</i> Ashdod and the coasts thereof… </p><p class="hdg">moisture</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Psalm 22:15</a></b></br> My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-6.htm">Psalm 90:6,7</a></b></br> In the morning it flourisheth, and groweth up; in the evening it is cut down, and withereth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/102-3.htm">Psalm 102:3,4</a></b></br> For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as an hearth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm">Body</a> <a href="/psalms/14-7.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/psalms/18-42.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/hosea/13-5.htm">Droughts</a> <a href="/job/24-19.htm">Drouth</a> <a href="/psalms/22-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/job/30-30.htm">Fever</a> <a href="/psalms/31-15.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/job/39-11.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/job/37-11.htm">Moisture</a> <a href="/psalms/30-5.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/8-16.htm">Sap</a> <a href="/psalms/24-10.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/psalms/31-10.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-2.htm">Summer</a> <a href="/psalms/31-2.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/job/38-34.htm">Weight</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm">Body</a> <a href="/psalms/33-22.htm">Changed</a> <a href="/psalms/73-10.htm">Drained</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Dried</a> <a href="/psalms/38-7.htm">Drought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Droughts</a> <a href="/isaiah/58-11.htm">Drouth</a> <a href="/psalms/37-2.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/matthew/8-14.htm">Fever</a> <a href="/psalms/36-11.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Heavy</a> <a href="/psalms/104-16.htm">Moisture</a> <a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Night</a> <a href="/psalms/92-14.htm">Sap</a> <a href="/psalms/32-5.htm">Selah</a> <a href="/psalms/33-16.htm">Strength</a> <a href="/psalms/74-17.htm">Summer</a> <a href="/psalms/34-5.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/psalms/38-2.htm">Weight</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>For day and night</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the continuous and unrelenting nature of the experience. In biblical times, the concept of day and night represented the entirety of time, suggesting that the psalmist felt the weight of his situation without respite. This reflects the idea of God's omnipresence and constant involvement in the lives of His people, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/psalms/139-7.htm">Psalm 139:7-12</a>, where God's presence is inescapable.<p><b>Your hand was heavy upon me;</b><br>The "hand" of God is often symbolic of His power and authority. In this context, it suggests divine discipline or conviction. The heaviness indicates a burden or pressure, which can be understood as the weight of guilt or the conviction of sin. This aligns with <a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a>, which discusses the Lord's discipline as a sign of His love and a means to produce righteousness in His children.<p><b>my strength was drained as in the summer heat.</b><br>The imagery of summer heat conveys exhaustion and depletion, common in the arid climate of the ancient Near East. This metaphor illustrates the physical and spiritual toll of unconfessed sin or separation from God. The draining of strength can be compared to the spiritual dryness described in <a href="/psalms/63.htm">Psalm 63:1</a>, where the psalmist longs for God in a "dry and weary land."<p><b>Selah</b><br>This term, often found in the Psalms, is thought to be a musical or liturgical pause, inviting the reader or listener to reflect on the preceding words. It serves as a moment to contemplate the seriousness of divine conviction and the need for repentance. The use of "Selah" here encourages meditation on the consequences of sin and the importance of seeking God's forgiveness, as further explored in the subsequent verses of the psalm.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">Psalm 32</a>, King David, is reflecting on his experience of guilt and the burden of unconfessed sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The divine presence whose "hand" is described as heavy upon David, symbolizing conviction and discipline.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/selah.htm">Selah</a></b><br>A term used in the Psalms, possibly indicating a pause for reflection or musical interlude.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/summer_heat.htm">Summer Heat</a></b><br>A metaphor for the draining effect of unconfessed sin, likening it to the oppressive heat of summer.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/confession_and_forgiveness.htm">Confession and Forgiveness</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/psalms/32.htm">Psalm 32</a>, which deals with the joy and relief of confessing sin and receiving God's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_weight_of_unconfessed_sin.htm">The Weight of Unconfessed Sin</a></b><br>Unconfessed sin can lead to spiritual and emotional exhaustion, much like the draining effect of summer heat.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_loving_discipline.htm">God's Loving Discipline</a></b><br>God's "heavy hand" is not punitive but corrective, intended to lead us to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_confession.htm">The Power of Confession</a></b><br>Confession is a powerful act that brings relief and renewal, lifting the burden of guilt and restoring our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflective_pause.htm">Reflective Pause (Selah)</a></b><br>Taking time to pause and reflect on our spiritual state is crucial for recognizing areas in need of confession and change.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_joy_of_forgiveness.htm">The Joy of Forgiveness</a></b><br>The ultimate goal of acknowledging our sin is to experience the joy and freedom that comes from God's forgiveness.<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/what_leads_your_heart_to_truth.htm">What does the Bible say about aging?</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/can_sin_directly_cause_illness.htm">Psalm 31:10 links sin to physical weakness--does any scientific or historical evidence suggest moral wrongdoing can directly cause illness?</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>(4) <span class= "bld">Thy hand was heavy.</span>--The verb, as in "kept silence" in <a href="/psalms/32-3.htm" title="When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.">Psalm 32:3</a>, is properly present--the agony is still vividly present.<p><span class= "bld">My moisture.</span>--The Hebrew word is found only once besides (<a href="/numbers/11-8.htm" title="And the people went about, and gathered it, and ground it in mills, or beat it in a mortar, and baked it in pans, and made cakes of it: and the taste of it was as the taste of fresh oil.">Numbers 11:8</a>), where the Authorised Version has "fresh oil;" the LXX. and Vulg., "an oily cake." Aquila has "of the breast of oil," reading the word erroneously. Here both LXX. and Vulg. seem to have had a different reading, "I was turned to sorrow while the thorn was fixed in." Symmachus translates somewhat similarly, but by "to destruction<span class= "ital">" </span>instead of "to sorrow." Aquila, "to my spoiling in summer desolation." These readings, however, mistake the <span class= "ital">lamed, </span>which is part of the word, for a preposition. Gesenius connects with an Arabic root, <span class= "ital">to suck, </span>and so gets the meaning <span class= "ital">juice </span>or <span class= "ital">moisture.</span><p><span class= "bld">Into the drought of summer.</span>--This is the best rendering of the Hebrew, though it might be either "as in summer dryness" or "with summer heat." Some understand literally a <span class= "ital">fever, </span>but it is better to take it figuratively of the <span class= "ital">soul-fever </span>which the whole passage describes.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/32.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me</span>. David sees now that his sufferings at this time came from God, and were a part of the punishment of his sin. They continued without intermission both by day and by night. His conscience was never wholly at rest. My moisture is turned into the drought of summer; literally, <span class="accented">my sap was changed through summer drought</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> the vital principle, which had been strong in him, was changed - burnt up and exhausted - by the heat of God's wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/32-4.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">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֤י ׀</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">day</span><br /><span class="heb">יוֹמָ֣ם</span> <span class="translit">(yō·w·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3119.htm">Strong's 3119: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daytime, by day</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and night</span><br /><span class="heb">וָלַיְלָה֮</span> <span class="translit">(wā·lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Your hand</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֫דֶ֥ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> </span><span class="str2">A hand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was heavy</span><br /><span class="heb">תִּכְבַּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(tiḵ·baḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3513.htm">Strong's 3513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon me;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lay)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my strength</span><br /><span class="heb">לְשַׁדִּ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(lə·šad·dî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3955.htm">Strong's 3955: </a> </span><span class="str2">Juice, juicy or dainty bit, a dainty</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was drained</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(neh·paḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2015.htm">Strong's 2015: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert</span><br /><br /><span class="word">as in the summer</span><br /><span class="heb">קַ֣יִץ</span> <span class="translit">(qa·yiṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7019.htm">Strong's 7019: </a> </span><span class="str2">To awake</span><br /><br /><span class="word">heat.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַרְבֹ֖נֵי</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥar·ḇō·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2725.htm">Strong's 2725: </a> </span><span class="str2">Parching heat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Selah</span><br /><span class="heb">סֶֽלָה׃</span> <span class="translit">(se·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5542.htm">Strong's 5542: </a> </span><span class="str2">Suspension, pause</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/32-4.htm">Psalm 32:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/32-4.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 32:4 For day and night your hand was (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/32-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 32:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 32:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/32-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 32:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 32:5" /></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>