When I refused to confess my sin,
    my body wasted away,
    and I groaned all day long.
⁴ Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
    My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude Psalm 32:3,4

The discipline of the Lord here seems like a harsh thing. but in other places in the Bible we are encouraged to see such discipline as a boon. How is the Lord’s discipline a good thing?