"I saw that my husband had been too exacting toward those who were wrong and had injured him. He indulged dissatisfied feelings, which could be of no benefit to the erring and could but make his own heart very unhappy, unfitting it for the peace of God to dwell there, which would lead him in everything to give thanks. The Lord permitted his mind to be desponding in regard to his own errors and mistakes, and to nearly despair of forgiveness, not because his sins were of such magnitude, but that he might know by experience how painful and agonizing it would be to be without the forgiveness of God, and that he might understand the scripture: “If ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” I saw that if God should be as exacting as we are, and should deal with us as we deal with one another, we might all be thrown into a state of hopeless despair. 1T 614.1"
"In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."
The EGW passage directly contrasts the husband's lack of thankfulness with the biblical command to 'give thanks in everything.' The passage explicitly mentions the importance of giving thanks, echoing the principle found in 1 Thessalonians 5:18.
"When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long. For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah. I acknowledged my sin unto thee, and mine iniquity have I not hid. I said, I will confess my transgressions unto the Lord; and thou forgavest the iniquity of my sin. Selah."
Both passages deal with the experience of guilt, confession, and forgiveness. The EGW passage describes the agonizing feeling of being without God's forgiveness, while Psalm 32 details the physical and emotional distress of unconfessed sin and the relief that comes with confession and forgiveness.