American Standard Version of 1901
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When I kept silence, my bones wasted awayThrough my {Hebrew: roaring.}groaning all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me:My moisture was changed {Or, into the}as with the drought of summer. [Selah
A cheerful heart {Hebrew: causeth good healing.}is a good medicine;But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
For this cause many among you are weak and sickly, and not a few sleep.