Psalm 38:4

Good News Translation

I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

Cross References

Ezra 9:6

I said, “O God, I am too ashamed to raise my head in your presence. Our sins pile up higher than our heads; they reach as high as the heavens.

Job 33:19

God corrects us by sending sickness and filling our bodies with pain.

Psalm 107:17

Some were fools, suffering because of their sins and because of their evil;

Psalm 40:12

I am surrounded by many troubles— too many to count! My sins have caught up with me, and I can no longer see; they are more than the hairs of my head, and I have lost my courage.

Isaiah 53:11

After a life of suffering, he will again have joy; he will know that he did not suffer in vain. My devoted servant, with whom I am pleased, will bear the punishment of many and for his sake I will forgive them.

Lamentations 1:14

“He took note of all my sins and tied them all together; He hung them around my neck, and I grew weak beneath the weight. The Lord gave me to my foes, and I was helpless against them.

Leviticus 7:18

If any of it is eaten on the third day, God will not accept your offering. The offering will not be counted to your credit but will be considered unclean, and whoever eats it will suffer the consequences.

Matthew 11:28

“Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads, and I will give you rest.

1 Peter 2:24

Christ himself carried our sins in his body to the cross, so that we might die to sin and live for righteousness. It is by his wounds that you have been healed.