Psalms 38:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 38:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head - This is merely an enlargement of the idea suggested in the last verse - that his present sickness was to be traced to his sin, and that he was suffer...
Psalms 38:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For mine (e) iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. (e) He confesses his sins, God's justice, and makes prayer his refuge.
Psalms 38:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXXVIII. A Penitential Psalm. After a short prayer for pity (verbally identical with Psalms 6:2 ), the poet describes his bodily and mental pains, the desertion of his friends, and the unscrupulou...
Psalms 38:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

iniquities. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44. over mine head. The reference is to the burdens of porters and carriers, which often mount up and project over the head.
Psalms 38:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. For my iniquities have passed over my head. Here he complains that he is overwhelmed by his sins as by a heavy burden, so that he utterly faints under their weight; and yet he again confi...
Psalms 38:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 567 DAVID’S DISTRESS AND CONSOLATION Psalms 38:1-9 . O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure: for thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand pre...
Psalms 38:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Mine iniquities are gone over mine head - He represents himself as one sinking in deep waters, or as one opp...
Psalms 38:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For mine iniquities— i.e. The punishment of them; as Psalms 31:10 ; Psalms 32:5 .— Are gone over my head, is an allusion to the boisterous waves of the sea; under which a man who is shipwrecked...
Psalms 38:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. For mine iniquities are gone over mine head - like waves over a drowning man ( Psalms 42:7 ; Psalms...
Psalms 38:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. may be compared with Psalms 6 . It is the prayer of one who, like Job, is in great bodily suffering ( Psalms 38:1-10 ), and is also deserted by his friends ( Psalms 38:11 ), and beset by tr...
Psalms 38:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Are gone over mine head. — Like waves or a flood. (Comp. Psalms 18:15 ; Psalms 69:2 ; Psalms 69:15 . Comp. “A sea of troubles.” — Hamlet, Acts 3 , scene 1)
Psalms 38:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 38:1-22 THIS is a long-drawn wail. passionate at first, but gradually calming itself into submission and trust, though never passing from the minor key. The name of God is invoked thrice (...
Psalms 38:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Cry of the Needy Penitent Psalms 38:1-22 A long drawn-out sigh of pain. Some think it should be classed with Psalms 32:1-11 ; Psalms 51:1-19 , as belonging to the time of David's fall and...
Psalms 38:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the third of what are known as the penitential psalms. The circumstances of the singer were most distressing. He was suffering from some terrible physical malady, deserted by his friends, and...
Psalms 38:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Let any man read these verses, and then turn to the gospel, and his mind must be led out to remark the striking similarity between what is here said by the spirit of prophecy, and the history of the...
Psalms 38:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38 Proper Psalm for Ash Wednesday ( Morning ). Psalms 38-40 = Day 8 ( Morning ).
Psalms 38:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head ,.... Like an inundation of waters, as the waves and billows of the sea; for the waters to come up to the neck or chin shows great danger; but when they g...
Psalms 38:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. Ver. 4. For mine iniquities are gone over my head ] So that I am even overwhelmed by them, and almost dro...
Psalms 38:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There is no soundness , &c. My disease or grief hath seized upon all the parts of my body, my very bones not excepted, so that my bed can give me no rest; because of my sin Which hath provoked...
Psalms 38:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Sorrowful Complaints. A psalm of David to bring to remembrance. 1 O L ORD , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chas...
Psalms 38:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Mine iniquities; or, the punishment of mine iniquities , as this word is frequently used; which best agrees both with the foregoing and following verses, and with the metaphor here used; which in...
Psalms 38:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1). The Psalmist Describes the Chastening that He is Experiencing and Acknowledges the Heinousness of His Sin ( Psalms 38:1-8 ). He commences with a prayer that, while God may rebuke and chasten h...
Psalms 38:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This is a psalm of David to call to remembrance his past life, and, no doubt, has especial reference to his sin with Bathsheba. It calls up to the view of his memory the sins of the pas...
Psalms 38:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Remember, although this is a very sorrowful Psalm, it was written by a man of God. It will show you what a terrible thing sin must be, for even a child of G...
Psalms 38:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In Psalms 38:19-20 , David intimates that he was hated wrongfully, because he followed good. This psalm was composed under some new outbreaking of Saul's persecution, when his mind sunk under depres...
Psalms 38:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure. Great personal affliction I. Elements of aggravation. 1. A dread of Divine displeasure ( Psalms 38:1 ). 2. A...
Psalms 38:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS is the third of the penitential psalms, and is appropriately recited by the Church on Ash Wednesday. Of all the penitential psalms it is the one which shows the deepest marks o...
Psalms 38:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for Relief from a Burden of Guilt. A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance, to remind God of His great mercy toward poor sinners, the hymn probably being intended for that part of worship...
Psalms 38:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 2:24 ; Ezra 9:6 ; Isaiah 53:11 ; Lamentations 1:14 ; Leviticus 7:18 ; Matthew 11:28 ; Psalms 40:12
Psalms 38:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Iniquities — Or, the punishment of mine iniquities, as this word is frequently used. Are gone — Like deep waters wherewith I am overwhelmed.

Psalms 38:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 38:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 38:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 38:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 38:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 38:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 38:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 38:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 38:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 38:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 38:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 38:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes