 David was confusing God's mercy with God's tolerance for sin. And yet, even though there was no visible sign of God's judgment or discipline, there was inner turmoil David was experiencing during that six months up to a year that he refused to acknowledge his sin. He writes about that period in Psalm 32, verses three to four. He said, "'When I kept silent about my sin, "'my body wasted away through my groanings all day long.'"