Psalms 40:12

KJV

For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.

— Psalms 40:12, King James Version
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Context

This verse from Psalms Chapter 40 connects to 10 cross-references. A thanksgiving psalm of David recounting divine deliverance from the pit and miry clay, with God putting a new song in his mouth. The psalmist confesses delight in doing God's will, with Torah in his heart. The psalm pivots to …

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Other Translations

ASV

For innumerable evils have compassed me about; Mine iniquities have overtaken me, so that I am not able to look up; They are more than the hairs of my head; And my heart hath failed me.

YLT

For compassed me have evils innumerable, Overtaken me have mine iniquities, And I have not been able to see; They have been more than the hairs of my head, And my heart hath forsaken me.

BBE

For unnumbered evils are round about me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I am bent down with their weight; they are more than the hairs of my head, my strength is gone because of them.

Cross References