Mazmur 32:3

32:3 When I refused to confess my sin, ¹ 

my whole body wasted away, ² 

while I groaned in pain all day long.

Mazmur 38:4-5

38:4 For my sins overwhelm me; ³ 

like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

38:5 My wounds ⁴  are infected and starting to smell, ⁵ 

because of my foolish sins. ⁶ 

[32:3]  ¹ tn Heb “when I was silent.”

[32:3]  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.

[38:4]  ³ tn Heb “pass over my head.”

[38:5]  ⁴ sn The reference to wounds may be an extension of the metaphorical language of v. 2. The psalmist pictures himself as one whose flesh is ripped and torn by arrows.

[38:5]  ⁵ tn Heb “my wounds stink, they are festering” (cf. NEB).

[38:5]  ⁶ tn Heb “from before my foolishness.”