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.
• 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
• New Living Translation (NLT)Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me. My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude

Context of Psalms 32:4

2Blessed is the man against whom the Lord counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah 5I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, "I will confess my transgressions to the Lord," and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Selah 6Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him.

Psalms 32:4 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• thy handיָדyâd · handH3027
• was heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• upon me: my moistureלָשָׁדleshad · juicy bitH3955
• is turnedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• into the droughtחֵרָבוֹןchărâbôn · droughtH2725
• of summerקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 32:4

• Psalms 38:2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
• Psalms 39:10Remove your stroke from me; I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
• 1 Samuel 5:6The hand of the Lord was heavy against the people of Ashdod, and he terrified and afflicted them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territory.
• 1 Samuel 6:9and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence."
• Job 16:21that he would argue the case of a man with God, as a son of man does with his neighbor.
• Job 33:7Behold, no fear of me need terrify you; my pressure will not be heavy upon you.
• Psalms 22:15my strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to my jaws; you lay me in the dust of death.
• Psalms 90:6in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; in the evening it fades and withers.
• Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
• Job 30:30My skin turns black and falls from me, and my bones burn with heat.
• Lamentations 4:8Now their face is blacker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets; their skin has shriveled on their bones; it has become as dry as wood.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven with the burning heat of famine.

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