For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
Psalm 32:4 belongs to David's account of his fall and of his experience after turning to the lifted-up Savior. It shows him already suffering the consequences of his wrongdoing before any judgment was pronounced against him. Before he confessed, his conscience was troubled and he felt God's hand heavy upon him day and night in intense anguish of spirit. The turning of moisture into summer drought pictures that anguish as the drying up of inner strength and vitality like parched land.
What David felt illustrates what unconfessed sin does in anyone, weighing on the sinner day and night with inward suffering. In its setting the verse presents the distress sin brings in contrast with the forgiveness, protection, and deliverance received through confession and trust in God. As part of the story of David's fall, it warns that even those greatly favored by God must not feel secure or neglect watchfulness and prayer, but should recognize their danger in temptation, distrust their own strength, and depend on God alone to keep them.
Psalm 32:4 belongs to David's account of his fall and of his experience after turning to the lifted-up Savior. It shows him already suffering the consequences of his wrongdoing before any judgment was pronounced against him. Before he confessed, his conscience was troubled and he felt God's hand heavy upon him day and night in intense anguish of spirit. The turning of moisture into summer drought pictures that anguish as the drying up of inner strength and vitality like parched land.
What David felt illustrates what unconfessed sin does in anyone, weighing on the sinner day and night with inward suffering. In its setting the verse presents the distress sin brings in contrast with the forgiveness, protection, and deliverance received through confession and trust in God. As part of the story of David's fall, it warns that even those greatly favored by God must not feel secure or neglect watchfulness and prayer, but should recognize their danger in temptation, distrust their own strength, and depend on God alone to keep them.