Psalms 32:4

“For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me, etc.] Meaning the afflicting hand of God, which is not joyous, but grievous, and heavy to be borne; especially without his gracious presence, and the discoveries of his love: this continued night and day, without any intermission; and may design some violent distemper; perhaps a fever; since it follows, my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. That is, the radical moisture in him was almost dried up, as brooks in the summer season; his body was parched, as it were, with the burning heat of the disease; or with an apprehension of the wrath of God under it, or both: and so he continued until be was brought to a true sense of sin, and an…”

“thy hand--of God, or power in distressing him (Psa 38:2). moisture--vital juices of the body, the parching heat of which expresses the anguish of the soul. On the other figures, compare Psa 6:2, Psa 6:7; Psa 31:9-11. If composed on the occasion of the fifty-first Psalm, this distress may have been protracted for several months.”

“For day and night - I found no relief even at night. The burden was constant, and was insupportable. Thy hand was heavy upon me - Thy hand seemed to press me down. It weighed upon me. See Job 13:21; Psalms 39:10. It was the remembrance of guilt that troubled him, but that seemed to him to be the hand of God. It was God who brought that guilt to his recollection; and God “kept” the recollection of it before his mind, and on his heart and conscience, so that he could not throw it off. My moisture - The word used here - לשׁד leshad - means properly “juice” or “sap,” as in a tree; and then, “vital-moisture,” or, as we should say, “life-blood.” Then it comes to denote vigour or strength. Is…”

“Hand - Thy afflicting hand. My moisture - Was dried up. Psalms 32:5”

“32:4 The psalmist attributes his suffering directly to the Lord’s hand of discipline (cp. 38:2; 39:10).”

“hand: Psa 38:2-8, Psa 39:10, Psa 39:11; Sa1 5:6, Sa1 5:7, Sa1 5:9, Sa1 5:11, Sa1 6:9; Job 16:21, Job 33:7 moisture: Psa 22:15, Psa 90:6, Psa 90:7, Psa 102:3, Psa 102:4; Job 30:30; Lam 4:8, Lam 5:10 Psalms 32:5”