Psalms 38:5

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For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too much for me to bear.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 32:3 : 3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.
  • Ps 38:7 : 7 I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning.
  • Ps 69:5 : 5 More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; powerful are those who seek to destroy me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?
  • Isa 1:5-6 : 5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint. 6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, only wounds, bruises, and raw sores. They have not been tended, or bandaged, or softened with oil.
  • Jer 8:22 : 22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the healing of my people not come?

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  • Ps 38:2-4
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    2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

    3 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me.

    4 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

  • Ps 38:6-9
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    6 My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

    7 I am bent over and deeply bowed down; all day long I go about mourning.

    8 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no health in my body.

    9 I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

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    5 More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; powerful are those who seek to destroy me with lies. What I did not steal must I now restore?

  • Ps 39:8
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    8 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

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    9 You have not handed me over to the enemy, but you have set my feet in a spacious place.

    10 Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes grow weak with sorrow, as do my soul and my body.

  • Ps 38:17-18
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    17 For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me."

    18 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.

  • Job 7:5
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    5 My body is clothed with worms and scabs; my skin cracks and festers.

  • Ps 73:21-22
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    21 When my heart was embittered and my spirit was pierced within me,

    22 I was senseless and ignorant; I was like a beast before You.

  • Isa 1:5-6
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    5 Why will you still be struck down? Why do you continue to rebel? Every head is sick, and every heart is faint.

    6 From the sole of the foot even to the head, there is no soundness in it, only wounds, bruises, and raw sores. They have not been tended, or bandaged, or softened with oil.

  • Jer 10:19
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    19 Woe to me because of my brokenness! My wound is incurable. Yet I said, 'This is my suffering, and I must endure it.'

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    6 Though I am innocent, I am counted a liar; my wound is incurable, though I have committed no offense.

  • Ps 41:4
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    4 The LORD will sustain him on his sickbed and restore him from his illness.

  • Jer 15:18
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    18 Why has my pain become perpetual, and my wound incurable, refusing to be healed? Will You indeed be to me like a deceptive stream, waters that are unreliable?

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    1 My spirit is broken, my days have faded away, and the grave is ready for me.

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    17 Some became fools because of their rebellious ways and suffered because of their sins.

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    20 See, LORD, how distressed I am! I am in anguish within, my heart is overturned because I have been very rebellious. Outside, the sword bereaves; inside, there is only death.

  • Ps 39:10
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    10 I am mute; I will not open my mouth because You have done this.

  • Ps 109:22
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    22 For I am poor and needy, and my heart is wounded within me.

  • Ps 51:3
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    3 Be gracious to me, O God, according to your lovingkindness; according to the abundance of your compassion, blot out my transgressions.

  • Ps 38:11-12
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    11 My heart throbs, my strength has left me; even the light of my eyes—it has also gone from me.

    12 My loved ones and friends stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand far off.

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    4 He has worn away my flesh and my skin; He has broken my bones.

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    17 Indeed, it was for my peace that I had great bitterness; but You, in Your love, delivered my soul from the pit of destruction. You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

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    22 Let all their wickedness come before you; deal with them as you have dealt with me because of all my sins. My groans are many, and my heart is faint.

  • Ps 44:15
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    15 You have made us a byword among the nations, a shaking of heads among the peoples.

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    15 I have sewn sackcloth over my skin and buried my strength in the dust.

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    19 He has cast me into the mud, and I am reduced to dust and ashes.

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    14 They open their mouths against me, like a lion ripping and roaring.

    15 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts within me.

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    2 LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath.

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    4 From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.

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    2 But as for me, my feet almost slipped, my steps nearly stumbled.

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    18 Your own way and your deeds have caused this to you; this is your calamity. How bitter it is! It has reached your very heart.

  • Ps 32:3
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    3 When I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long.

  • Ps 32:5
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    5 Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, 'I will confess my transgressions to the Lord,' and you forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah.