Psalm 32:3

The Passion Translation

Before I confessed my sins, I kept it all inside; my dishonesty devastated my inner life, causing my life to be filled with frustration, irrepressible anguish, and misery.

Cross References

Psalm 22:1

God, my God! Why would you abandon me now?

Psalm 38:3

Now my body is sick. My health is totally broken because of your anger, and it’s all due to my sins!

Psalm 51:8

Satisfy me in your sweetness, and my song of joy will return. The places you have crushed within me will rejoice in your healing touch.

Psalm 6:2

Please deal gently with me, Yahweh; show me mercy, for I’m sick and frail and weak. Heal me, Yahweh, for I’m falling apart.

Proverbs 17:22

A joyful, cheerful heart brings healing to both body and soul. But the one whose heart is crushed struggles with sickness and depression.

Proverbs 28:13

If you cover up your sin you’ll never do well. But if you confess your sins and forsake them, you will be kissed by mercy.

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted and lie fallen in the streets, like a gazelle caught in a net. Yahweh’s anger, the rebuke of your God, has overwhelmed them.

Isaiah 57:17

It was their sin and greed that made me angry, so I struck them and hid my face from them. But they continued in rebellion, following their own desires.

Isaiah 59:11

We are frustrated, growling like bears, like doves cooing mournfully. We wait and wait for justice, but it never seems to come; for salvation, but it remains distant.

Lamentations 1:3

Judah’s people have gone into exile under harsh labor and much pain. They found no place to rest living among foreigners. All their enemies have seized them in the narrow passes.

Lamentations 3:4

He has made my skin and my flesh waste away; he has broken my bones.

Lamentations 3:8

Even when I cry for help, he closes his ear to my prayer.