3 When I kept silent,

my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night

your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was sapped

as in the heat of summer.

3 For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old

Through my roaring all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:

My moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

3 When I refused to confess my sin,

my body wasted away,

and I groaned all day long.

4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.

My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat.

Interlude

3 When I kept things to myself,

I felt weak deep inside me.

I moaned all day long.

4 Day and night you punished me.

My strength was gone as in the summer heat.

Selah

3 When I kept silence, my bones wasted away

Through my groaning all the day long.

4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:

My moisture was changed as with the drought of summer. Selah

3 When I kept silence, my bones waxed old, through my groaning all the day long. 4 For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me; my moisture was turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

3 When I kept silent ⸤about my sins⸥, 

my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long. 

4 Day and night your hand laid heavily on me. 

My strength shriveled in the summer heat. 

Selah 

3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle

from my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night Your hand was heavy on me;

my strength was drained

as in the summer’s heat. Selah

3 While I kept silence, my body wasted away

through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me;

my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. Selah

3 When I kept silent, my bones were worn out

due to my groaning all the day.

4 For day and night your hand was heavy upon me.

My vigor was changed into the dry heat of summer. Selah

3 When I kept silent about my sin,

my body became weak

because I groaned all day long.

4 Day and night

your heavy hand punished me.

I became weaker and weaker

as I do in the heat of summer. Selah

3 When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away

Through my groaning all day long.

4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;

My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer.

Selah.