Psalm 38:4

New English Translation

For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.

Cross References

Ezra 9:6

I prayed, “O my God, I am ashamed and embarrassed to lift my face to you, my God! For our iniquities have climbed higher than our heads, and our guilt extends to the heavens.

Job 33:19

Or a person is chastened by pain on his bed, and with the continual strife of his bones,

Psalm 107:17

They acted like fools in their rebellious ways, and suffered because of their sins.

Psalm 40:12

For innumerable dangers surround me. My sins overtake me so I am unable to see; they outnumber the hairs of my head so my strength fails me.

Isaiah 53:11

Having suffered, he will reflect on his work, he will be satisfied when he understands what he has done. “My servant will acquit many, for he carried their sins.

Lamentations 1:14

My sins are bound around my neck like a yoke; they are fastened together by his hand. He has placed his yoke on my neck; he has sapped my strength. The Lord has handed me over to those whom I cannot resist. ס (Samek)

Leviticus 7:18

If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

1 Peter 2:24

He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we may cease from sinning and live for righteousness. By his wounds you were healed.