Psalm 40:12 - Psalms of David in Metre 1650 (Scottish Psalter)

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.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² For innumerable evils have compassed me about; my iniquities have taken such hold on me that I am not able to look up. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed me and forsaken me.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

Common English Bible

¹² because countless evils surround me. My wrongdoings have caught up with me— I can’t see a thing! There’s more of them than hairs on my head— my courage leaves me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² By this, I knew that you preferred me: because my adversary will not rejoice over me.

Psalm 40:12 Cross References

Psalm 38:4

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

Psalm 73:26

My flesh and heart doth faint and fail, but God doth fail me never: For of my heart God is the strength and portion for ever.

Psalm 69:4

Those men that do without a cause bear hatred unto me, Than are the hairs upon my head in number more they be: They that would me destroy, and are mine en'mies wrongfully, Are mighty: so what I took not, to render forc'd was I.

Psalm 116:3

Of death the cords and sorrows did about me compass round; The pains of hell took hold on me, I grief and trouble found.

Psalm 19:12

Who can his errors understand? O cleanse thou me within

Psalm 61:8

And so will I perpetually sing praise unto thy name; That having made my vows, I may each day perform the same.