Psa 32:3-7 | JFB | STEP | 3-4. A vivid description of felt, but unacknowledged, sin. When-- literally, "for," as in .

‏ Psalms 32:3-7

3-4. A vivid description of felt, but unacknowledged, sin.

When--literally, "for," as in Psa 32:4.

5. A prompt fulfilment of the purposed confession is followed by a prompt forgiveness.

6. For this--that is, my happy experience.

godly--pious in the sense of Psa 4:3.

a time--(Is 55:6); when God's Spirit inclines us to seek pardon, He is ready to forgive.

floods, &c.--denotes great danger (Psa 18:17; 66:12).

7. His experience illustrates the statement of Psa 32:6.