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Psalms 38:4 Cross-References
Explore 7 cross-references for Psalms 38:4 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Psalms chapter 38 verse 4 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
Psalms 38:4 (KJV)
Commentary on Psalms 38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. David depicts sin as floodwaters rising over his head (עָבַר, avar, to pass over, overwhelm) and as crushing burden (מַשָּׂא, massa, load). The progression: arrows lodged (v.2) → no soundness (v.3) → drowning/crushed (v.4).The phrase 'gone over mine head' echoes Psalm 69:2,15 and anticipates Christ's cry from the cross, bearing humanity's sin-flood. The dual metaphor—drowning and crushing—captures sin's suffocating, immobilizing weight. Only confession brings relief (Psalm 32:3-5); attempting to carry gu...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Psalms 38:4
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“so that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head. My heart has failed me.”
“my God”
“they are come up on my neck; he has made my strength to fail: The Lord has delivered me into their hands”
“that we”
“it will not be accepted”
“he will see the light{So read the Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint. Masoretic Text omits the light.} and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of himself; and he will bear their iniquities.”