Psalms 40:12

10 I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.

11 Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

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.

13 Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.

14 Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.

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

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BSB
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.
KJV
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.
WEB
For innumerable evils have surrounded me. My iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.
ASV
For 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.
DARBY
For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I cannot see; they are more than the hairs of my head: and my heart hath failed me.
BLB
For evils have surrounded against me, until there is no numbering [them]; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I am not able to see; they are vast [beyond] the hairs of my head, and my heart has left me.
ÅB
For trengsler uten tall har omringet meg,
misgjerningene mine har innhentet meg, så jeg ikke kan se.
De er flere enn hårene på hodet mitt,
og hjertet mitt har sviktet meg.
OTB
For onde uten tall har omringet meg;
Mine skyldige gjerninger har overveldet meg, så jeg ikke kan se;
De er flere enn hårene på mitt hode,
Og mitt hjerte har sviktet meg.
B1930
For trengsler uten tall har omspent mig, mine misgjerninger har grepet mig, så jeg ikke kan se; de er flere enn hårene på mitt hode, og mitt hjerte har sviktet mig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 38:4

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

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  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

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  • Psalms 69:4

    They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.

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  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

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  • Psalms 116:3

    The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

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  • Psalms 19:12

    Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.

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  • Luke 18:13–14

    And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.

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  • Psalms 22:11–19

    Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.

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