Psalms 38:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Psalms 38:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Psalms 38:4 is a verse from the book of Psalms in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Psalms 38:4 — KJV
“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
— Psalms 38:4 (KJV)
Psalms 38:4 in Context — About the Book of Psalms
Psalms is the Bible's prayer book — 150 songs covering every emotion a praying person will ever feel: praise, panic, gratitude, grief, fury, and quiet trust. For three thousand years believers have borrowed these words when their own run out. If you can feel it, there is a psalm for it.
Cross-References for Psalms 38:4
“And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness: a fit...: Heb. a man of opportunity”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:4: iniquities, over, head
“That the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered: and were: Heb. who stood”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:4: over, head, too
“So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes. made: Heb. gave”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:4: over, head, too
“Then Samuel took a vial of oil, and poured it upon his head, and kissed him, and said, Is it not because the LORD hath anointed thee to be captain over his inheritance?”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:4: over, head, too
“And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth, and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.”
Shares key themes with Psalms 38:4: over, head, too
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