Psalm 38:4 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

⁴ Because gone up above mine head my great transgressions be; And, as a weighty burden, they too heavy are for me.

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁴ My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

Psalm 38:4 Cross References

Psalm 107:17

Fools, for their sin, and their offence, do sore affliction bear;

Psalm 40:12

For ills past reck'ning compass me, and mine iniquities Such hold upon me taken have, I cannot lift mine eyes: They more than hairs are on mine head, thence is my heart dismay'd.