Psalm 38:4 {37:5}
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For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.

mine

Psalm 40:12 For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Ezra 9:6 And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,

as an

Leviticus 7:18 If any man eat of the flesh of the victim of peace offerings on the third day, the oblation shall be of no effect: neither shall it profit the offerer. Yea rather, whatsoever soul shall defile itself with such meat, shall be guilty of transgression.

Isaiah 53:11 Because his soul hath laboured, he shall see and be filled: by his knowledge shall this my just servant justify many, and he shall bear their iniquities.

Lamentations 1:14 Nun. The yoke of my iniquities hath watched: they are folded together in his hand, and put upon my neck: my strength is weakened: the Lord hath delivered me into a hand, out of which I am not able to rise.

Matthew 11:28 Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will refresh you.

1 Peter 2:24 Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.

Context
Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
3There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for my bones, because of my sins. 4For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me.5My sores are putrefied and corrupted, because of my foolishness.…
Cross References
Ezra 9:6
And said: My God I am confounded and ashamed to lift up my face to thee: for our iniquities are multiplied over our heads, and our sins are grown up even unto heaven,

Psalm 40:12
For evils without number have surrounded me; my iniquities have overtaken me, and I was not able to see. They are multiplied above the hairs of my head: and my heart hath forsaken me.

Psalm 65:3
The words of the wicked have prevailed over us: and thou wilt pardon our transgressions.

Lexicon
For
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

my iniquities
עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי (‘ă·wō·nō·ṯay)
Noun - common plural construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

have overwhelmed
עָבְר֣וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

me;
רֹאשִׁ֑י (rō·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7218: The head

they are a burden
כְּמַשָּׂ֥א (kə·maś·śā)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4853: A burden, tribute, porterage, an utterance, chiefly a, doom, singing, mental, desire

too heavy
כָ֝בֵ֗ד (ḵā·ḇêḏ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3515: Heavy

to bear.
יִכְבְּד֥וּ (yiḵ·bə·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3513: To be heavy, weighty, or burdensome


Additional Translations
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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

For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

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

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

For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.
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