When I refused to confess my sin, ¹  my whole body wasted away, ²  while I groaned in pain all day long.

biblegateway Psa 32:3

When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

When I kept silent about my sins, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.

biblegateway Psa 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

bibleoremus Psa 32:3

While I kept silence, my body wasted away through my groaning all day long.

While I refused to speak, my body wasted away with day-long moaning.

biblegateway Psa 32:3

When I kept silent, my bones grew old Through my groaning all the day long.

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

biblegateway Psa 32:3

When I refused to confess my sin, ¹  my whole body wasted away, ²  while I groaned in pain all day long.

¹ tn Heb “when I was silent.”

² tn Heb “my bones became brittle.” The psalmist pictures himself as aging and growing physically weak. Trying to cover up his sin brought severe physical consequences.