Psalm 38:4
“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 38Meaning
Iniquities feel higher than the head and like a burden too heavy to carry, portraying guilt as overwhelming.
Pain, discipline, and confession
Verses 1–8 describe overwhelming distress in penitential language, joining bodily pain and guilt without giving a universal formula that illness proves personal sin.
Read carefully
Iniquities feel higher than the head and like a burden too heavy to carry, portraying guilt as overwhelming.
Reflection
Iniquities feel higher than the head and like a burden too heavy to carry, portraying guilt as overwhelming.