Psalm 38:4
New International Version
My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

New Living Translation
My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear.

English Standard Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Berean Standard Bible
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

King James Bible
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

New King James Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

New American Standard Bible
For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

NASB 1995
For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

NASB 1977
For my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Legacy Standard Bible
For my iniquities go over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Amplified Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood]; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Christian Standard Bible
For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

American Standard Version
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For my crimes have passed above my head, and like heavy cargo, they are heavy for me.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

Contemporary English Version
are so heavy that I am crushed.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For my iniquities are gone over my head : and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

English Revised Version
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.

Good News Translation
I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

International Standard Version
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For mine iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Literal Standard Version
For my iniquities have passed over my head, | As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

Majority Standard Bible
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

New American Bible
My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden too heavy for me.

NET Bible
For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

New Revised Standard Version
For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

New Heart English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Webster's Bible Translation
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

World English Bible
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

Young's Literal Translation
For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.…

Cross References
Ezra 9:6
and said: "O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift up my face to You, my God, because our iniquities are higher than our heads, and our guilt has reached the heavens.

Psalm 40:12
For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed within me.

Psalm 65:3
When iniquities prevail against me, You atone for our transgressions.


Treasury of Scripture

For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

mine

Psalm 40:12
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

Ezra 9:6
And 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 trespass is grown up unto the heavens.

as an

Leviticus 7:18
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all 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 53:11
He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.

Lamentations 1:14
The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he hath made my strength to fall, the Lord hath delivered me into their hands, from whom I am not able to rise up.

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Psalm 38
1. David moves God to take compassion on his pitiful case














(4) Are gone over mine head.--Like waves or a flood. (Comp. Psalm 18:15; Psalm 69:2; Psalm 69:15. Comp.

"A sea of troubles."--Hamlet, Acts 3, scene 1)

Verse 4. - For mine iniquities are gone over mine head; i.e. they overwhelm me like waves of the sea. Together with my bodily pain is mingled mental anguish - a sense of regret and remorse on account of my ill-doing, and a conviction that by my sins I have brought upon me my sufferings. As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. They press me down, crush me to the earth, are more than I can bear.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

my iniquities
עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

have overwhelmed
עָבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

me;
רֹאשִׁ֑י (rō·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7218: The head

they are a burden
כְּמַשָּׂ֥א (kə·maś·śā)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire

too heavy
כָ֝בֵ֗ד (ḵā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3515: Heavy

to bear.
יִכְבְּד֥וּ (yiḵ·bə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome


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