Psalms 32:4

Psalms 32:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was sapped as in the heat of summer.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was turned into the drought of summer. Selah

Context of Psalms 32:4

2Blessed is the man whose iniquity the LORD does not count against him, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3When 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 5Then 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 6Therefore let all the godly pray to You while You may be found. Surely when great waters rise, they will not come near.

Psalms 32:4 word by word

כִּ֤י׀ יוֹמָ֣ם וָלַיְלָה֮ תִּכְבַּ֥ד עָלַ֗י יָ֫דֶ֥ךָ נֶהְפַּ֥ךְ לְשַׁדִּ֑י בְּחַרְבֹ֖נֵי קַ֣יִץ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• Your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• was heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• upon meעַל‛al · uponH5921
• my strengthלָשָׁדleshad · juicy bitH3955
• was drainedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• as in the summerקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• heatחֵרָבוֹןchărâbôn · droughtH2725
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 32:4

• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your scourge from me; I am perishing by the force of Your hand.
• 1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
• 1 Samuel 6:9but 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.”
• Job 16:21Oh, that a man might plead with God as he pleads with his neighbor!
• Job 33:7Surely no fear of me should terrify you; nor will my hand be heavy upon you.
• Psalms 22:15My 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.
• Psalms 90:6in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
• Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
• Job 30:30My skin grows black and peels, and my bones burn with fever.
• Lamentations 4:8But now their appearance is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as a stick.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is as hot as an oven with fever from our hunger.

Commentaries on Psalms 32:4

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For day and night - I found no relief even at night. The burden was constant, and was insupportable. Thy hand was heavy upon me - Thy hand seemed to press me down. It weighed upon me. See Job 13:21; Psalm 39:10. It was the remembrance of guilt that troubled him, but that seemed to him to be the hand of God. It was God who brought that guilt to his recollection; and God “kept” the recollection of it before his mind, and on his heart and conscience, so that…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 3-7Verses 3-7 It is very difficult to bring sinful man humbly to accept free mercy, with a full confession of his sins and self-condemnation. But the true and only way to peace of conscience, is, to confess our sins, that they may be forgiven; to declare them that we may be justified. Although repentance and confession do not merit the pardon of transgression, they are needful to the real enjoyment of forgiving mercy. And what tongue can tell the happiness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The psalmist believes his suffering comes directly from the Lord's discipline (compare Psalms 38:2; 39:10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. A vivid description of felt, but unacknowledged, sin. When--literally, "for," as in Psa 32:4.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 32:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Drought
• Summer

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Commentaries on Psalms 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings