New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 32:3
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 blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, Whose sin is covered! 2How blessed is the man to whom the Lord does not impute iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. 4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah. 5I acknowledged my sin to You, And my iniquity I did not hide; 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
Cross-references for Psalms 32:3
- Genesis 3:8They heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden.
- 1 Samuel 31:13They took their bones and buried them under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and fasted seven days.
- 2 Samuel 11:27When the time of mourning was over, David sent and brought her to his house and she became his wife; then she bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the sight of the Lord.
- 2 Samuel 12:1Then the Lord sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said, “There were two men in one city, the one rich and the other poor.
- 2 Samuel 21:12then David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the open square of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them on the day the Philistines struck down Saul in Gilboa.
- Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his transgressions will not prosper, But he who confesses and forsakes them will find compassion.
- Isaiah 57:17Because of the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was angry, And he went on turning away, in the way of his heart.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim grieving, ‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised, Like an untrained calf; Bring me back that I may be restored, For You are the Lord my God.
- Luke 15:15So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.
- Psalms 6:2Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed.
- Psalms 31:9Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
- Psalms 102:3For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
- Job 30:17At night it pierces my bones within me, And my gnawing pains take no rest.
- Lamentations 1:3Judah has gone into exile under affliction And under harsh servitude; She dwells among the nations, But she has found no rest; All her pursuers have overtaken her In the midst of distress.
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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