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Sin's Crushing Weight
Commentators explain that David uses two powerful images to describe his sin: a flood rising over his head and a physical load that is too heavy to carry. This illustrates that sin is not a minor issue but an overwhelming, crushing force that, when fully realized, leads a person to utter helplessness and despair.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 38:4
18th Century
Theologian
For my iniquities are gone over my head — This is merely an enlargement of the idea suggested in the last verse—that his present si…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 38:4
19th Century
Bishop
Are gone over mine head. —Like waves or a flood. (Psalms 69:2; Psalms 69:15). Compare.
“A …
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 38:4–5
19th Century
Preacher
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolis…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 38:4
16th Century
Theologian
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 …
John Gill
On Psalms 38:4
17th Century
Pastor
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head
Like an inundation of waters, as the waves and billows of the sea; for t…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 38:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Nothing will trouble the heart of a good person as much as the sense of God's anger. The way to keep the heart quiet is to keep ourselves in the lo…