Psalm 32:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
For dayיֹומָ֣ם
(yo·v·mam)
3119: daytime, by dayfrom yom
and nightוָלַיְלָה֮
(va·lay·lah)
3915: nightof uncertain derivation
Your handיָ֫דֶ֥ךָ
(ya·de·cha)
3027: handa prim. root
was heavyתִּכְבַּ֥ד
(tich·bad)
3513: to be heavy, weighty, or burdensomea prim. root
upon me; My vitalityלְשַׁדִּ֑י
(le·shad·di;)
3955: juice, juicy or dainty bit, a daintyfrom an unused word
was drainedנֶהְפַּ֥ךְ
(neh·pach)
2015: to turn, overturna prim. root
away [as] with the fever heatבְּחַרְבֹ֖נֵי
(be·char·vo·nei)
2725: droughtfrom chareb
of summer.קַ֣יִץ
(ka·yitz)
7019c: summer, summer fruitfrom the same as qits
Selah.סֶֽלָה׃
(se·lah.)
5542: to lift up, exaltfrom salal


















KJV Lexicon
For day
yowmam  (yo-mawm')
daily -- daily, (by, in the) day(-time).
and night
layil  (lah'-yil)
a twist (away of the light), i.e. night; figuratively, adversity -- (mid-)night (season).
thy hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
was heavy
kabad  (kaw-bad')
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weightybe rich, be (go) sore, stop.
upon me my moisture
lshad  (lesh-ad')
apparently juice, i.e. (figuratively) vigor; also a sweet or fat cake -- fresh, moisture.
is turned
haphak  (haw-fak')
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
into the drought
charabown  (khar-aw-bone')
parching heat -- drought.
of summer
qayits  (kah'-yits)
harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season -- summer (fruit, house).
Selah
celah  (seh'-law)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause -- Selah.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me; My vitality was drained away as with the fever heat of summer. Selah.

King James Bible
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For day and night Your hand was heavy on me; my strength was drained as in the summer's heat. Selah

International Standard Version
For your hand was heavy upon me day and night; my strength was exhausted as in a summer drought. Interlude

NET Bible
For day and night you tormented me; you tried to destroy me in the intense heat of summer. (Selah)

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because night and day your hand has been heavy against me, and pain returned into my chest to kill me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Day and night your hand lay heavily on me. My strength shriveled in the summer heat. [Selah]

King James 2000 Bible
For day and night your hand was heavy upon me: my strength is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
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