“For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.”
The psalmist describes how God's hand pressed heavily on him and his strength failed as he fought against the heat of summer. The metaphor of God's hand pressing heavily suggests divine pressure and judgment. The phrase "day and night" emphasizes the constant, unrelenting pressure. The image of strength failing suggests that the psalmist's own resources were exhausted by the struggle. This verse demonstrates that God's judgment against unacknowledged sin manifests as mounting pressure and distress.
Church Fathers on Psalms 32:4
To David himself; for understanding. 1. To David himself; for understanding; by which it is understood that not by the merits of works, but by the grace of God, man is delivered, confessing his sins. 2. “Blessed are they whose unrighteousness is forgiven, and whose sins are covered” Psalm 31:1: and whose sins are buried in oblivion. “Blessed is the man to whom the Lord has not imputed sin, nor is there guile in his mouth” Psalm 31:2: nor has he in his mouth boastings of…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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