Psalms 40:12
Psalms · Old Testament · Chapter 40
“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
What Does Psalms 40:12 Mean?
Psalms 40:12 is found in the book of Psalms, chapter 40, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Suffering.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Psalms 40:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 38:4“For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.”Psalms 73:26“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”Psalms 19:12“Who can understand his errors? cleanse thou me from secret faults.”Psalms 69:4“They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away.”Psalms 51:3“For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.”Psalms 71:15“My mouth shall shew forth thy righteousness and thy salvation all the day; for I know not the numbers thereof.”Romans 7:21“I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.”Psalms 65:3“Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.”Psalms 116:3“The sorrows of death compassed me, and the pains of hell gat hold upon me: I found trouble and sorrow.”Isaiah 53:6“All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.”Luke 18:13“And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.”Job 22:5“Is not thy wickedness great? and thine iniquities infinite?”Job 30:16“And now my soul is poured out upon me; the days of affliction have taken hold upon me.”Psalms 22:11“Be not far from me; for trouble is near; for there is none to help.”Psalms 109:26“Help me, O LORD my God: O save me according to thy mercy:”Psalms 143:7“Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.”1 Peter 3:18“For Christ also hath once suffered for sins, the just for the unjust, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the Spirit:”Job 9:3“If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.”Psalms 116:4“Then called I upon the name of the LORD; O LORD, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.”Psalms 139:18“If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.”
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