Psalms 38:4 · KJV
“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
— Psalms 38:4
{There is} no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither {is there any} rest in my bones because of my sin. {rest: Heb. peace, or, health}
My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness.
Psalms 38 — Context
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3{There is} no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither {is there any} rest in my bones because of my sin. {rest: Heb. peace, or, health}
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}
Cross References
Psalms 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. {falleth: Heb. forsaketh}
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. {trespass: or, guiltiness}
Matthew 11:28
Come unto me, all {ye} that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
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.
1 Peter 2:24
Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. {on: or, to}
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.
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.