Psalms 38:4

2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

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

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
KJV
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
WEB
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
ASV
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
DARBY
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
BLB
For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden, they are heavy for me.
ÅB
For misgjerningene mine går meg over hodet;
som en tung byrde er de for tunge for meg.
OTB
For mine overtredelser har overveldet meg;
Som en tung byrde er de for tunge for meg å bære.
B1930
For mine misgjerninger går over mitt hode, som en tung byrde er de mig for tunge.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Matthew 11:28

    Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

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  • Lamentations 1:14

    My transgressions are bound into a yoke, knit together by His hand; they are draped over my neck, and the Lord has broken my strength. He has delivered me into the hands of those I cannot withstand.

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  • 1 Peter 2:24

    He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”

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  • Leviticus 7:18

    If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.

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  • Isaiah 53:11

    After the anguish of His soul, He will see the light of life and be satisfied. By His knowledge My righteous Servant will justify many, and He will bear their iniquities.

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