Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 38:4

"For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me." — Psalms 38:4 (ASV)

Are gone over mine head. —Like waves or a flood. (Psalms 69:2; Psalms 69:15). Compare.

“A sea of troubles.”— Hamlet, Act III, Scene 1.