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Psalms 32:4 β€” Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Psalms 32:4

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2

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

3

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

4

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

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.

6

For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him. {when...: Heb. of finding}

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