Psalms 32:5

"For day and night your hand was heavy on me. My strength was sapped in the heat of summer. Selah."

Key Reflection

This verse vividly describes a profound sense of God's presence during times of spiritual struggle, where guilt weighed heavily and caused the psalmist to feel weak and exhausted even through the night, as if the heat of summer drained his strength. The phrase "Selah" suggests a moment for reflection or pause, highlighting the significance of this experience in the psalmist’s life.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

I acknowledged my sin unto thee -That is, then I confessed my guilt. I had borne the dreadful pressure as long as I could. I had endeavored to conceal and suppress my conviction, but I found no relief. The anguish became deeper and deeper; my strength was failing; I was crushed under the intolerable burden, and when I could no longer bear it I went and made humble confession, and found relief. The verb used here is in the future tense, “I will acknowledge my sin;” but in order to a correct understanding of it, it should be regarded as referring to the state of mind at the time referred to in the psalm, and the resolution which the psalmist then formed.

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