Psalm 38:4 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

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

KJV:

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an 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.

BBE:

For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

JPS:

For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

WBS:

For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a 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.

YLT:

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.

Psalm 38:4 Cross References

XREF:

Ezra 9:6 and 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.

Psalm 40:12 For 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. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

38:4 For mine {e} iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
(e) He confesses his sins, God's justice, and makes prayer his refuge.

WES:

38:4 Iniquities - Or, the punishment of mine iniquities, as this word is frequently used. Are gone - Like deep waters wherewith I am overwhelmed.

MHC:

38:1-11 Nothing will disquiet the heart of a good man so much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet, is to keep ourselves in the love of God. But a sense of guilt is too heavy to bear; and would sink men into despair and ruin, unless removed by the pardoning mercy of God. If there were not sin in our souls, there would be no pain in our bones, no illness in our bodies. The guilt of sin is a burden to the whole creation, which groans under it. It will be a burden to the sinners themselves, when they are heavy-laden under it, or a burden of ruin, when it sinks them to hell. When we perceive our true condition, the Good Physician will be valued, sought, and obeyed. Yet many let their wounds rankle, because they delay to go to their merciful Friend. When, at any time, we are distempered in our bodies, we ought to remember how God has been dishonoured in and by our bodies. The groanings which cannot be uttered, are not hid from Him that searches the heart, and knows the mind of the Spirit. David, in his troubles, was a type of Christ in his agonies, of Christ on his cross, suffering and deserted.

CONC:

Bear Burden Crimes Heavy Iniquities Overwhelmed Passed Strength Weigh Weight

Bear Burden Crimes Great Guilt Head Heavy Iniquities Overwhelmed Passed Strength Weigh Weight

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