Psalm 38:4 - Easy To Read Version

⁴ I am guilty of doing bad things.\par And that guilt is like a heavy weight.\par \{I am too ashamed\} to hold my head up.\par

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴ For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴ For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Common English Bible

⁴ My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; they are a weight that’s way too heavy for me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴ My heart grew hot within me, and, during my meditation, a fire would flare up.

Psalm 38:4 Cross References

Ezra 9:6

Then I prayed this prayer:

Job 33:19

“Or, a person might hear God’s voice\par when that person is in bed\par and suffering from God’s punishment.\par God is warning that person with pain.\par That person is in so much pain\par that all his bones hurt.\par

Psalm 107:17

Some people let their sins and guilt\par change them into foolish people.\par

Psalm 40:12

Evil people have gathered around me.\par They are too many to count!\par My sins have caught me,\par and I can’t escape them.\par They are more than the hairs on my head.\par I have lost my courage.\par

Isaiah 53:11

He will suffer many things in his soul, but he will see the good things that happen. He will be satisfied with the things he learns. My Good Servant will make many people not guilty; he will carry away their guilt.

Lamentations 1:14

“My sins were tied up like a yoke.\par My sins were tied up in the Lord’s hands.\par The Lord’s yoke is on my neck.\par The Lord has made me weak.\par The Lord has given me to people\par that I can’t stand up against.\par

Leviticus 7:18

If a person eats any of the meat from his fellowship offering on the third day, then the Lord will not be happy with that person. The Lord will not count the sacrifice for him. The sacrifice will become unclean. [76] And if a person eats any of that meat, then that person will be responsible for his own sin.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me all you people that are tired and have heavy burdens. I will give you rest.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ carried our sins in his body on the cross. He did this so that we would stop living for sin and live for what is right. By his (Christ’s) wounds you were healed.