Psalm 32:3-5

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When ^(A)I kept silent about my sin, ^(B)my ^(a)body wasted away
Through my ^(b)^(C)groaning all day long.

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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.

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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.

Footnotes:

a. Psalm 32:3: ['Or ', bones, substance]

b. Psalm 32:3: ['Lit ', roaring]

c. Psalm 32:4: ['Lit ', life juices were turned into the drought of summer]

d. Psalm 32:4: [Selah, ' may mean: ', Pause, Crescendo, ' or ', Musical interlude]

e. Psalm 32:5: ['Or ', iniquity]

Cross references:

A. Psalm 32:3: Psalm 39:2; Psalm 39:3

B. Psalm 32:3: Psalm 31:10

C. Psalm 32:3: Psalm 38:8

D. Psalm 32:4: 1 Samuel 5:6; Job 23:2; Job 33:7; Psalm 38:2; Psalm 39:10

E. Psalm 32:4: Psalm 22:15

F. Psalm 32:5: Leviticus 26:40

G. Psalm 32:5: Job 31:33

H. Psalm 32:5: Psalm 38:18; Proverbs 28:13; 1 John 1:9

I. Psalm 32:5: Psalm 103:12