Psalms 32:3 (YLT)

Passage

When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

Nearby Context

Psalms 32:1 By David. --An Instruction. O the happiness of him whose transgression <FI>is<Fi> forgiven, Whose sin is covered.

Psalms 32:2 O the happiness of a man, To whom Jehovah imputeth not iniquity, And in whose spirit there is no deceit.

Psalms 32:3 When I have kept silence, become old have my bones, Through my roaring all the day.

Psalms 32:4 When by day and by night Thy hand is heavy upon me, My moisture hath been changed Into the droughts of summer. Selah.

Psalms 32:5 My sin I cause Thee to know, And mine iniquity I have not covered. I have said, `I confess concerning My transgressions to Jehovah,' And Thou--Thou hast taken away, The iniquity of my sin. Selah.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "kept", "silence", "become", "bones", "through", and "roaring". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "kept" and "silence", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "O the happiness of a man To..." into verse 4's "When by day and by night Thy...", so "kept" and "silence" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "kept" and "silence" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.