King James Version
Psalms 38:4 in the King James Version says “For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
Psalms 38:4 · KJV
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
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
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. troubled: Heb. wried
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“are gone over”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“mine head”
H7218the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
“burden”
H4853a burden; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
“as an heavy”
H3515heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)
“they are too heavy”
H3513to be heavy, i.e., in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same
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