When we sin, it does terrible damage to our spiritual life. David’s sin affected his eyes, but it also affected his ears. Everything he heard was wrong. The good news will be bad news, and the bad news will be worse news.

If your ears have not been hearing joy and gladness, perhaps the problem is not around you but within the you. Perhaps your heart needs to be cleansed. David prayed (v.7) “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” David also asks to be purged with hyssop, “The blood of Jesus Christ His son cleanses us from all sin” (1Jn.1:7), if we confess our sins.

Unconfessed sin leaves you with the dirty heart. When your heart is not right you don’t hear joy and gladness—the music of God, when your heart is tuned to the music of God and the harmony of heaven, then everything around You will remind you of the Lord.

Confess your sins to the Lord and He will forgive you and restore you.