Psalm 32:3

Translations

Modern

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Traditional

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Literal

When I remained silent, my bones were worn out by my groaning all the day.

Latin

Quoniam tacui, inveteraverunt ossa mea, dum clamarem tota die.

Original

Hebrew

English

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Notes

Psalms 32:3–5

The 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.

Psalms 32:1–11

This wisdom psalm of confession and thanks urges the godly to learn from the psalmist’s journey through sin, denial, confession, and forgiveness. The early church used this psalm as one of the seven penitential psalms (psalms of repentance, see also Psalms 6, 38, 51, 102, 130, 143).

Theme notes and profiles

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