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Psalms 32:4

32:3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

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For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah.

For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

For day and night your hand was heavy on me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

32:5 I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the LORD; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah.

What does Psalms 32:4 mean?

Psalms 32:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יוֹמָם (yôwmâm), לַיִל (layil), יָד (yâd). It connects to 6 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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For
dayיוֹמָםyôwmâm/yo-mawm'/H3119daily
and
nightלַיִלlayil/lah'-yil/H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity
thy
handיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
was
heavyכָּבַדkâbad/kaw-bad'/H3513to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
upon
me:
my
moistureלְשַׁדlᵉshad/lesh-ad'/H3955(figuratively) vigor; also a sweet or fat cake
is
turnedהָפַךְhâphak/haw-fak'/H2015to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
into
the
droughtחֲרָבוֹןchărâbôwn/khar-aw-bone'/H2725parching heat
of
summer.קַיִץqayits/kah'-yits/H7019harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
Selah.סֶלָהçelâh/seh'-law/H5542suspension (of music), i.e. pause

Commentary on Psalms 32:4

HENRY_FULL · Psalms 32:4
ing that God would protect and prosper him, so this is a thanksgiving for the success God had blessed him with. Those whom we have prayed for we ought to give thanks for, and particularly for kings, in whose prosperity we share. They are here taught, I. To congratulate him on his victories, and the honour he had achieved, ver. 1-6 . II. To confide in the power of God for the completing of the ruin of the enemies of his kingdom, ver. 7-13 . In this there is an eye to Messiah the Prince, and the glory of his kingdom; for to him divers passages in this psalm are more applicable than to David himself. The Subject's Thanksgiving. 1 The king shall joy in thy strength,

Cross-references

Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Psalms 2:8

Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

Psalms 2:9

Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.

Psalms 20:4

Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel.

Psalms 20:5

We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners: the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.

Isaiah 49:6

And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth. It is: or, Art thou lighter than that thou shouldest, etc preserved: or, desolations

Hebrews 7:25

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them. to the: or, evermore

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 32:4.

2 Samuel 10:3

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Thinkest: Heb. In thine eyes doth David?

Exodus 13:21

And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night:

Exodus 13:22

He took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.

Exodus 40:38

For the cloud of the LORD was upon the tabernacle by day, and fire was on it by night, in the sight of all the house of Israel, throughout all their journeys.

Genesis 31:39

That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

Genesis 32:13

And he lodged there that same night; and took of that which came to his hand a present for Esau his brother;

Genesis 8:22

While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease. While: Heb. As yet all the days of the earth

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What does Psalms 32:4 say?

Psalms 32:4 (King James Version) reads: "For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah."

Is Psalms 32:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 32:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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