Psalm 32:3
“When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 32Meaning
When the speaker kept silent, his bones seemed to waste away through continual groaning; the poem joins moral and bodily anguish without teaching that every symptom is caused by hidden sin.
Silence, confession, forgiveness
Verses 3–5 describe the burden of silence, the heavy pressure of guilt, honest acknowledgment, and divine forgiveness.
Read carefully
When the speaker kept silent, his bones seemed to waste away through continual groaning; the poem joins moral and bodily anguish without teaching that every symptom is caused by hidden sin.
Reflection
When the speaker kept silent, his bones seemed to waste away through continual groaning; the poem joins moral and bodily anguish without teaching that every symptom is caused by hidden sin.