KJV ORIGINAL
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
When I kept quiet about my sin, my body grew weak and tired from my constant groaning all day long.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is describing how keeping sin hidden and unconfessed made him physically and emotionally exhausted.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm is attributed to King David and is one of seven 'penitential psalms' that deal with confession and forgiveness. David likely wrote this after experiencing the physical and emotional toll of hiding his sins, possibly including his adultery with Bathsheba and the murder of her husband Uriah. In ancient Hebrew culture, physical ailments were often understood as connected to spiritual and emotional distress.
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