When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
Keeping silence is keeping sin unconfessed, and while David kept silent about his sin his unconfessed guilt brought him intense inward anguish that wore him down physically. That anguish is described as his bones wasting away and growing old, his strength seeming to fail, and his groaning and roaring continuing all the day long. This suffering began before God's sentence was pronounced against him. The verses that follow explain that God's hand lay heavy upon him until he acknowledged and confessed his sin.
In its context the verse belongs to the testimony of one bitten by the fiery serpent and poisoned with the venom of sin who looked upon the uplifted Saviour and found reason to hope for salvation. With its context it shows that no matter what sins and shortcomings have been, full provision has been made in Jesus Christ and there is a fountain open for all sin and uncleanness, so that acknowledged and confessed transgression is forgiven, covered, and not counted against the sinner. The forgiven one finds God as a hiding place, preservation from trouble, and surrounding songs of deliverance.
Keeping silence is keeping sin unconfessed, and while David kept silent about his sin his unconfessed guilt brought him intense inward anguish that wore him down physically. That anguish is described as his bones wasting away and growing old, his strength seeming to fail, and his groaning and roaring continuing all the day long. This suffering began before God's sentence was pronounced against him. The verses that follow explain that God's hand lay heavy upon him until he acknowledged and confessed his sin.
In its context the verse belongs to the testimony of one bitten by the fiery serpent and poisoned with the venom of sin who looked upon the uplifted Saviour and found reason to hope for salvation. With its context it shows that no matter what sins and shortcomings have been, full provision has been made in Jesus Christ and there is a fountain open for all sin and uncleanness, so that acknowledged and confessed transgression is forgiven, covered, and not counted against the sinner. The forgiven one finds God as a hiding place, preservation from trouble, and surrounding songs of deliverance.