(A)Oh that my grief were actually weighed
And laid in the balances together with my calamity!
“For then it would be (B)heavier than the sand of the seas;
Therefore my words have been rash.

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“If only my anguish could be weighed
    and all my misery be placed on the scales!(A)
It would surely outweigh the sand(B) of the seas—
    no wonder my words have been impetuous.(C)

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For day and night (A)Your hand was heavy upon me;
My [a](B)vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. [b]Selah.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:4 Lit life juices were turned into the drought of summer
  2. Psalm 32:4 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude

For day and night
    your hand was heavy(A) on me;
my strength was sapped(B)
    as in the heat of summer.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 32:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 5 and 7.