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Psalms 32:3
3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Psalms 32:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
- New International Version (NIV)When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
- New King James Version (NKJV)When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.
Context of Psalms 32:3
1How joyful is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered! 2How joyful is a person whom the Lord does not charge with iniquity and in whose spirit is no deceit! When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long. 4For day and night your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer’s heat.Selah 5Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not conceal my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,” and you forgave the guilt of my sin.Selah
Read all of Psalms 32Psalms 32:3 word by word
כִּֽי־הֶ֭חֱרַשְׁתִּי בָּל֣וּ עֲצָמָ֑י בְּ֝שַׁאֲגָתִ֗י כָּל־הַיּֽוֹם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 32:3
- Genesis 3:8Then the man and his wife heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden at the time of the evening breeze, and they hid from the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
- 1 Samuel 31:13Afterward, they took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
- 2 Samuel 11:27When the time of mourning ended, David had her brought to his house. She became his wife and bore him a son. However, the Lord considered what David had done to be evil.
- 2 Samuel 12:1So the Lord sent Nathan to David. When he arrived, he said to him: There were two men in a certain city, one rich and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 21:12he went and got the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh-gilead. They had stolen them from the public square of Beth-shan where the Philistines had hung the bodies the day the Philistines killed Saul at Gilboa.
- Proverbs 28:13The one who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Isaiah 57:17Because of his sinful greed I was angry, so I struck him; I was angry and hid; but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, “You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.
- Luke 15:15Then he went to work for one of the citizens of that country, who sent him into his fields to feed pigs.
- Psalms 6:2Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak; heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;
- Psalms 31:9Be gracious to me, Lord, because I am in distress; my eyes are worn out from frustration — my whole being as well.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
- Psalms 102:3For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
- Job 30:17Night pierces my bones, but my gnawing pains never rest.
- Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile following affliction and harsh slavery; she lives among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in narrow places.
Commentaries on Psalms 32:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3When I kept silence - Before I humbled myself, and confessed my sin, my soul was under the deepest horror. "I roared all the day long;" and felt the hand of God heavy upon my soul.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3When I kept silence - The psalmist now proceeds to state his condition of mind before he himself found this peace, or before he had this evidence of pardon; the state in which he felt deeply that he was a sinner, yet was unwilling to confess his sin, and attempted to conceal it in his own heart. This he refers to by the expression, “When I kept silence;” that is, before I confessed my sin, or before I made mention of it to God. The condition of mind was…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. 3-5The psalmist admits his sin (see Psalms 19:12–13; 25:7, 11, 15–22) and his resistance to confessing sin. The Lord pressed him hard until he confessed his guilt.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
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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
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