When (A)I kept silent about my sin, (B)my [a]body wasted away
Through my [b](C)groaning all day long.
For day and night (D)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My [c](E)vitality failed as with the dry heat of summer. Selah

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  1. Psalm 32:3 Or bones, substance
  2. Psalm 32:3 Lit roaring
  3. Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer

When I kept silent,(A)
    my bones wasted away(B)
    through my groaning(C) all day long.
For day and night
    your hand was heavy(D) on me;
my strength was sapped(E)
    as in the heat of summer.[a]

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  1. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.