Psalms 38:4 - Exposition

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head ; i.e. they overwhelm me like waves of the sea. Together with my bodily pain is mingled mental anguish—a sense of regret and remorse on account of my ill-doing, and a conviction that by my sins I have brought upon me my sufferings. As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me . They press me down, crush me to the earth, are more than I can bear.