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Psalm 32:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 32:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 As long as I remained silent,[a]
my body wasted away
as the result of my groaning throughout the day.
4 For day and night
your hand was heavy upon me;
my strength withered steadily
as though consumed by the summer heat.[b] Selah
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you,
and I made no attempt to conceal my guilt.
I said, “I will confess my offenses[c] to the Lord,”
and you removed the guilt of my sin. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 32:3 I remained silent: did not confess the sin before God. Body: literally, “bones.”
- Psalm 32:4 According to St. Augustine, even before penitents acknowledge their sin, God hears the cry of their heart and pardons it because of their true contrition (see 2 Sam 12:13).
- Psalm 32:5 Sin . . . guilt . . . offenses: these are the three most common Hebrew words for evil thoughts and actions (see Ps 51:3-4; Isa 59:12).
