Psalms 40:12

American Standard Version (1901)

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 38:4 : 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
  • Ps 69:4 : 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
  • Ps 116:3 : 3 The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.
  • Ps 19:12 : 12 Who can discern [his] errors? Clear thou me from hidden [faults] .
  • Ps 22:11-19 : 11 Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help. 12 Many bulls have compassed me; Strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round. 13 They gape upon me with their mouth, [As] a ravening and a roaring lion. 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death. 16 For dogs have compassed me: A company of evil-doers have inclosed me; They pierced my hands and my feet. 17 I may count all my bones; They look and stare upon me. 18 They part my garments among them, And upon my vesture do they cast lots. 19 But be not thou far off, O Jehovah: O thou my succor, haste thee to help me.
  • Gen 42:28 : 28 And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us?
  • Isa 53:6 : 6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
  • Luke 18:13-14 : 13 But the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote his breast, saying, God, be thou merciful to me a sinner. 14 I say unto you, This man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; but he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
  • Luke 21:26 : 26 men fainting for fear, and for expectation of the things which are coming on the world: for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.
  • Heb 4:15 : 15 For we have not a high priest that cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but one that hath been in all points tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin.
  • 1 Pet 3:18 : 18 Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;

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    4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

  • Ps 40:13
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    13Be pleased, O Jehovah, to deliver me: Make haste to help me, O Jehovah.

  • Lam 1:13-14
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    78%

    13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.

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  • Ps 31:9-10
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    77%

    9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

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  • Ps 55:3-5
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    3Because of the voice of the enemy, Because of the oppression of the wicked; For they cast iniquity upon me, And in anger they persecute me.

    4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.

    5Fearfulness and trembling are come upon me, And horror hath overwhelmed me.

  • Ps 143:3-4
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    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

    4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.

  • Lam 1:20-22
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    20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

    21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.

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    10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

  • Ps 38:17
    75%

    17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

  • Ps 69:2-4
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    2I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me.

    3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

    4They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: They that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: That which I took not away I have to restore.

  • Ps 40:11
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    11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O Jehovah; Let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.

  • Ps 25:16-19
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    16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

    17The troubles of my heart are enlarged: Oh bring thou me out of my distresses.

    18Consider mine affliction and my travail; And forgive all my sins.

    19Consider mine enemies, for they are many; And they hate me with cruel hatred.

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    3The cords of death compassed me, And the pains of Sheol gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.

  • Ps 3:1-2
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    5For the waves of death compassed me; The floods of ungodliness made me afraid:

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  • Ps 18:4-5
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    4The cords of death compassed me, And the floods of ungodliness made me afraid.

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  • Ps 9:13
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    22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

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    6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

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    15My times are in thy hand: Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.

  • Ps 88:15-16
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    15I am afflicted and ready to die from my youth up: While I suffer thy terrors I am distracted.

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    6Attend unto my cry; For I am brought very low: Deliver me from my persecutors; For they are stronger than I.

  • Ps 31:22
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    22As for me, I said in my haste, I am cut off from before thine eyes: Nevertheless thou heardest the voice of my supplications When I cried unto thee.

  • Ps 22:11
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    11Be not far from me; For trouble is near; For there is none to help.

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    7Make haste to answer me, O Jehovah; My spirit faileth: Hide not thy face from me, Lest I become like them that go down into the pit.

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    2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.