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

2Blessed is the one whose guilt Adonai does not count, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long. For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me. My strength was drained as in the droughts of summer. Selah 5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said: “I confess my transgressions to Adonai,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah 6So let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found. When great floodwaters rise, 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

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 38:2Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
• Psalms 39:10I am speechless, not opening my mouth —for You have done it.
• 1 Samuel 5:6Then the hand of Adonai was heavy upon the Ashdodites, ravaging them and afflicting Ashdod and its vicinity with tumors.
• 1 Samuel 6:9Then watch—if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then it was He who inflicted on us this great harm. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it just happened to us by chance.”
• Job 16:21he contends with God on behalf of man as one pleads for a friend.
• Job 33:7See, no fear of me should terrify you, nor should my pressure be heavy on you.
• Psalms 22:15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax— melting within my innards.
• Psalms 90:6in the morning it flourishes and springs up, by evening it withers and dries up.
• Psalms 102:3Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn Your ear to me— in the day I call, answer me quickly.
• Job 30:30My skin has turned black on me; my bones burn with heat.
• Lamentations 4:8Their form has become darker than soot! They are not recognized in the street. Their skin has shriveled on their bones, withered like a tree.
• Lamentations 5:10Our skin is hot as an oven due to fever from 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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• Day and Night
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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