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 Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. 5My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly. 6I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.

Psalms 38:4 word by word

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

• iniquitiesעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• are goneעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• my headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• As a heavyכָּבֵדkâbêd · heavyH3515
• burdenמַשָּׂאmaώώâ' · burdenH4853
• they weighכָּבֵדkâbad kâbêd · to honor: heavyH3513
• tooמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480

Cross-references for Psalms 38:4

• Psalms 40:12For evils beyond number have surrounded me; My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see; They are more numerous than the hairs of my head, And my heart has failed me.
• Ezra 9:6and I said, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, for our iniquities have risen above our heads and our guilt has grown even to the heavens.
• Leviticus 7:18So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.
• Isaiah 53:11As a result of the anguish of His soul, He will see it and be satisfied; By His knowledge the Righteous One, My Servant, will justify the many, As He will bear their iniquities.
• Lamentations 1:14The yoke of my transgressions is bound; By His hand they are knit together. They have come upon my neck; He has made my strength fail. The Lord has given me into the hands Of those against whom I am not able to stand.
• Matthew 11:28“Come to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest.
• 1 Peter 2:24and He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you 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