Psalms 32:4
2 Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit.
3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
5 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
6 Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was drained as in the summer heat. Selah
- KJV
- For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- WEB
- For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.
- ASV
- For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: My moisture was changed [as] with the drought of summer. Selah
- DARBY
- For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
- BLB
- For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; my juice was overturned, [as] in the drought of summer. Selah
- ÅB
- For dag og natt lå hånden din tungt på meg;
livskraften min svant som i sommertørke.
Sela. - OTB
- For dag og natt lå din hånd tungt på meg;
Min livskraft svant som i sommerens hete.
Sela - B1930
- For dag og natt lå din hånd tungt på mig, min livssaft svant som ved sommerens tørke. Sela.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 5:11
Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.
Read in contextPsalms 38:2–8
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Read in contextPsalms 39:10–11
Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
Read in contextJob 33:7
Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
Read in contextPsalms 22:15
My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust of death.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3–4
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Read in contextPsalms 90:6–7
in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
Read in context1 Samuel 6:9
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
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