When (A)I kept silent about my sin, (B)my [a]body wasted away
Through my [b](C)groaning all day long.
For day and night (D)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My [c](E)vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. [d]Selah.
I (F)acknowledged my sin to You,
And my iniquity I (G)did not hide;
I said, “(H)I will confess my transgressions to the Lord”;
And You (I)forgave the [e]guilt of my sin. Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:3 Or bones, substance
  2. Psalm 32:3 Lit roaring
  3. Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer
  4. Psalm 32:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  5. Psalm 32:5 Or iniquity

When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.
For day and night
    your hand was heavy(D) on me;
my strength was sapped(E)
    as in the heat of summer.[a]

Then I acknowledged my sin to you
    and did not cover up my iniquity.(F)
I said, “I will confess(G)
    my transgressions(H) to the Lord.”
And you forgave
    the guilt of my sin.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.