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 the one whose wrongdoing the Lord does not punish, in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3When I refused to confess my sin, my whole body wasted away, while I groaned in pain all day long. For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah) 5Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, “I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord.” And then you forgave my sins. (Selah) 6For this reason every one of your faithful followers should pray to you while there is a window of opportunity. Certainly when the surging water rises, it will not reach them.

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 pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
• Psalms 39:10Please stop wounding me! You have almost beaten me to death!
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.
• 1 Samuel 6:9But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”
• Job 16:21and he contends with God on behalf of man as a man pleads for his friend.
• Job 33:7Therefore no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
• Psalms 22:15The roof of my mouth is as dry as a piece of pottery; my tongue sticks to my gums. You set me in the dust of death.
• Psalms 90:6in the morning it glistens and sprouts up; at evening time it withers and dries up.
• Psalms 102:3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
• Job 30:30My skin has turned dark on me; my body is hot with fever.
• Lamentations 4:8Now their appearance is darker than soot; they are not recognized in the streets. Their skin has shriveled on their bones; it is dried up, like tree bark. ט (Tet)
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven due to a fever from 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