Psalms 38:4

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 38

4 songs meet this passage

  • “Since I could hold my head up high”

    It's Been Awhile · Staind

    resonates with Psalms 38:4

    The psalmist describes guilt as a weight too heavy to bear, the same posture of a man who can't lift his head.

  • Little Lion Man (Live from Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2010) · Mumford & Sons

    resonates with Psalms 38:4-6

    The psalmist's crushing weight of guilt without yet naming a remedy matches the song's unresolved heaviness.

  • “It's much too late, to save myself from falling”

    Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me · George Michael & Elton John

    resonates with Psalms 38:4-6

    A cry of being overwhelmed by one's own failures, bent low and unable to right oneself alone.

  • “Have brought me down upon my knees”

    Clocks · Coldplay

    resonates with Psalms 38:4-6

    A psalm of being bowed down under a weight too heavy to carry, much like the song's posture of being brought to the knees.

Elsewhere in Psalms 38