Psalms 32 · Verse 3

Psalms 32:3

When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Psalms 32:3, King James Version

Psalms 32:3 in other translations

BSBWhen I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
WEBWhen I kept silence, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
ASVWhen I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
YLTWhen I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.
DARBYWhen I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long.
BBEWhen I kept my mouth shut, my bones were wasted, because of my crying all through the day.
WebsterWhen I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.

What does Psalms 32:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 32:3-4
3-4. A vivid description of felt, but unacknowledged, sin. When--literally, "for," as in Psa 32:4.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 When I kept silence - Before I humbled myself, and confessed my sin, my soul was under the deepest horror. "I roared all the day long;" and felt the hand of God heavy upon my soul.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 32:3-7
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 of that hour, when the soul, oppressed by sin, is enabled freely to pour forth its sorrows before God, and to take hold of his covenanted mercy in Christ Jesus! Those that would speed in prayer, must seek the Lord, when, by his providence, he calls them to seek him, and, by his Spirit, stirs them up to seek him. In a time of finding, when the heart is softened with grief, and burdened with guilt; when all human refuge fails; when no rest can be found to the troubled mind, then it is that God applies the healing balm by his Spirit.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 32:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-ifH3588
הֶ֭חֱרַשְׁתִּיHe.che.rash.tiI kept silentH2790
בָּל֣וּba.Luthey became worn outH1086
עֲצָמָ֑י'a.tza.Maibones myH6106
בְּ֝שַׁאֲגָתִ֗יbe.sha.'a.ga.Tiin cry of distress myH7581
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַיּֽוֹם\׃hai.Yomthe dayH3117

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 32:3

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  • Psalms 38:8

    I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

  • Psalms 38:3

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

  • Psalms 22:1

    To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring?

  • Lamentations 3:8

    Also when I cry and shout, he shutteth out my prayer.

  • Job 30:30

    My skin is black upon me, and my bones are burned with heat.

  • Hosea 7:14

    And they have not cried unto me with their heart, when they howled upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.

  • Psalms 31:9-10

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

  • Psalms 6:2

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

  • Psalms 51:8

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • 2 Samuel 11:27-12:12

    And when the mourning was past, David sent and fetched her to his house, and she became his wife, and bare him a son. But the thing that David had done displeased the Lord. And the Lord sent Nathan unto David. And he came unto him, and said unto him, There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds: But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. …

  • Lamentations 1:3

    Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When.
Ge 3:8-19; 1Sa 31:13; 2Sa 11:27; 12:1-12; 21:12-14; Pr 28:13
Isa 57:17; Jer 31:18,19; Lu 15:15,16
bones.
6:2; 31:9,10; 38:3; 51:8; 102:3-5; Job 30:17,30; La 1:3; 3:4
roaring.
22:1; 38:8; Job 3:24; Isa 51:20; 59:11; La 3:8; Ho 7:14

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Context

  • Psalms 32:2

    Blessed is the man unto whom the Lord imputeth not iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no guile.

  • Psalms 32:3

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

  • Psalms 32:4

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

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Psalms 32:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Mientras callé, envejeciéronse mis huesos en mi gemir todo el día.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Quand je me suis tu, mes os ont dépéri, quand je rugissais tout le jour;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Als ich schwieg, verzehrten sich meine Gebeine durch mein Gestöhn den ganzen Tag.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cantate ei canticum novum; bene psallite ei in vociferatione.