Psalms 38:4

Psalms 38:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
• New International Version (NIV)My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Context of Psalms 38:4

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalms 38:4 word by word

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֹנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 38:4

• Psalms 40:12For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our guiltiness is grown up unto the heavens.
• Leviticus 7:18And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
• Isaiah 53:11He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by the knowledge of himself shall my righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities.
• Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand; They are knit together, they are come up upon my neck; he hath made my strength to fail: The Lord hath delivered me into their hands, against whom I am not able to stand.
• Matthew 11:28Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
• 1 Peter 2:24who his own self bare our sins in his body upon the tree, that we, having died unto sins, might live unto righteousness; by whose stripes ye were healed.

Commentaries on Psalms 38:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Mine iniquities are gone over mine head - He represents himself as one sinking in deep waters, or as one oppressed by a burden to which his strength was unequal.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head - This is merely an enlargement of the idea suggested in the last verse - that his present sickness was to be traced to his sin, and that he was suffering the punishment for sin. The idea is here that his sins were very numerous and very aggravated. They had risen up around him, or had so accumulated that the mass rose, like waves of the sea, above his head. A somewhat similar idea - though the thought there…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The psalmist feels burdened because of sin (see Psalms 40:12; 41:4; compare Genesis 4:13).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-4. He deprecates deserved punishment, which is described (Psa 6:1), under the figure of bodily disease [Psa 38:3].Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 38:4

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer
• Remorse
• Repentance
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Afar
• Arrow
• Deceit
• Fret
• Plague
• Bring
• Burden
• Heavy; Heaviness
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 38

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings