Psalms 32:3

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

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

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.