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

2How blessed is a person whose guilt the Lord does not take into account, And in whose spirit there is no deceit! 3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah 5I acknowledged my sin to You, And I did not hide my guilt; I said, “I will confess my wrongdoings to the Lord”; And You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah 6Therefore, let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found; Certainly in a flood of great waters, they will not reach him.

Psalms 32:4 word by word

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

• For dayיוֹמָםyômâm · by dayH3119
• and nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• Your handיָדyâd · handH3027
• wasכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• heavyכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• vitalityלָשָׁדleshad · juicy bitH3955
• failedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• with the dryחֵרָבוֹןchărâbôn · droughtH2725
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 32:4

• Psalms 38:2For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.
• Psalms 39:10Remove Your plague from me; Because of the opposition of Your hand I am perishing.
• 1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the Lord was heavy on the Ashdodites, and He made them feel devastated and struck them with tumors, both Ashdod and its territories.
• 1 Samuel 6:9But watch: if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done this great evil to us. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.”
• Job 16:21That one might plead for a man with God As a son of man with his neighbor!
• Job 33:7Behold, no fear of me should terrify you, Nor should my pressure weigh heavily on you.
• Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a piece of pottery, And my tongue clings to my jaws; And You lay me in the dust of death.
• Psalms 90:6In the morning it flourishes and sprouts anew; Toward evening it wilts and withers away.
• Psalms 102:3For my days have ended in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
• Job 30:30My skin turns black on me, And my bones burn with fever.
• Lamentations 4:8Their appearance is darker than soot, They are not recognized in the streets; Their skin is shriveled on their bones, It is dry, it has become like wood.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin has become as hot as an oven, Because of the ravages of 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