Psalms 38:4
Neutral key: nrf1:PSA.038.005
About the book Psalms Trend of this verse since 2000
Which lectionaries prescribe this verse
Also numbered as: Psalms 38:5 (Das Buch (Roland Werner), Elberfelder Bibel 2006 (SCM R. Brockhaus), Elberfelder Übersetzung, Edition CSV Hückeswagen (bibelkommentare.de), Elberfelder Übersetzung (Version von bibelkommentare.de) (eBible.org deuelbbk USFM), Gute Nachricht Bibel 2018, Hoffnung für alle, Lutherbibel 1912 (DBG digital edition, die-bibel.de LU12), Lutherbibel 2017 (DBG digital edition, die-bibel.de LU17), Menge-Bibel (last text revised by Menge), Neue evangelistische Übersetzung (NeÜ bibel.heute, Karl-Heinz Vanheiden), Neue Genfer Übersetzung, Neues Leben. Die Bibel, Schlachter-Bibel 1951, print numbering (eBible.org deu1951 USFM), Schlachter 2000, VOLXBIBEL, Zürcher Bibel (2007), Orthodox Jewish Bible (eBible.org engojb USFM), Paratext German (Luther 1912 numbering), Paratext "Original" (BHS OT, UBS GNT NT; org.vrs)); Psalms 37:5 (Douay-Rheims Bible (American edition 1899) (eBible.org engDRA USFM), Paratext Septuagint (lxx.vrs), Paratext Russian Protestant (rsc.vrs), Paratext Russian Orthodox (rso.vrs), Paratext Vulgate (vul.vrs))
Bible text
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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Statistics
- 10 Verse-level uses Counting rule CR-BASE: every citation of this verse, also through a reference to its whole chapter.
- 10 Explicit citations Counting rule CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE, as in the Top 100: only citations that name this verse.
- #2,223 Rank Rank 2,223 of 19,199 verses with explicit citations; tied verses share a rank.
- mapped Mapping Position 14,533 in the sequence prot66.nrf, Old Testament
10 of the verse-level uses are a lower bound (repetitions not known exactly).
Persons in this verse
No person of the Bible is linked to this verse yet.
Topics of this verse
No topic is linked to this verse yet.
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Numbering in the versification systems
Bible editions number some verses differently. This verse unit has the following labels (mapping release R8); labels that differ from the one shown above are marked.
Sources that cite this verse
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations: 6 occurrences
- losung.net: Losungen archive: 3 occurrences
- Die Losungen (official yearly files): 1 occurrence
Occurrences
10 approved public occurrences in the profile official@2, newest first.
- Date
- Apr 11, 2026
- Cited as
- Psalm 38,5
- Source
- Die Losungen (official yearly files), Die Losungen 2026 (Jahresdatei der Evangelischen Brüder-Unität)
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2026-04-11
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Translation
- Lutherbibel 2017
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- May 20, 2022
- Cited as
- Psalm 38,5
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Freitag, 20. Mai 2022
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2022-05-20
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Dec 16, 2018
- Cited as
- Psalm 38,5
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Sonntag, 16. Dezember 2018
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2018-12-16
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Apr 25, 2011
- Cited as
- Psalm 38,5
- Source
- losung.net: Losungen archive, losung.net: Montag, 25. April 2011
- Usage
- Citation
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Moravian Church
- Event
- Die Losungen, 2011-04-25
- Language
- German
- Organization
- Evangelische Brüder-Unität – Herrnhuter Brüdergemeine
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 1225 – Dec 31, 1274
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:4
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Exposition on the Psalms of David
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Thomas Aquinas
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 445 – Dec 31, 523
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:3-9
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, 13 Ascetic Discourses, Discourse 7 -- Second Discourse on the Fear of God
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Philoxenus of Mabbug
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Oriental Orthodox
- Language
- syc
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- 0455
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:4
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, COMMENTARY ON THE PSALMS
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Arnobius the Younger
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Catholic
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 354 – Dec 31, 430
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:4
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Exposition on Psalm
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Augustine of Hippo
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 334 – Dec 31, 397
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:4
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms
- Usage
- Analysis
- Author
- Ambrose of Milan
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Latin
- Venue
- Milan
- Contributed by
- import-agent
- Date
- Jan 1, 179 – Dec 31, 254
- Cited as
- Psalms 38:4
- Source
- Historical Christian Faith: church-father quotations, HOMILIES ON PSALMS 38, HOMILY I
- Usage
- Teaching
- Author
- Origen of Alexandria
- Denomination of the source or organisation
- Early Church
- Language
- Ancient Greek (to 1453)
- Contributed by
- import-agent
How this was computed: rule CR-BASE@1 / CR-EXPLICIT-VERSE@1, profile official@2, epoch 103
- Metric
- Verse-level uses: every citation adds one for each verse it covers, under the counting rule. A citation of three verses adds 3. (definition)
- Counting rule
- The baseline rule: every mention of every verse counts; a chapter or a range counts once for each verse it covers, and an unknown repetition counts as one. (definition) – verse-level uses; references to a whole chapter count for each of its verses
Like the baseline rule, but only references that name verses count; whole chapters and books are left out. The Top 100 verses use it, so a chapter reference does not lift every verse of the chapter. (definition) – explicit citations (owner decision P5); the basis of the Top 100 and of the rank - Profile
- The official profile of every public number: only reviewed and approved entries whose evidence quality is high enough. (definition) – reviewed and approved data only
- Epoch
- 103, published Nov 5, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC (provisional)
- Sequence
prot66.nrf, mapping release R8- Rank
- As in the Top 100: explicit citations, highest first, over the verses with at least one; tied verses share a rank.
- Occurrences
- Approved public occurrences of the profile shown, with at least one passage on these verses. The list follows the current approved data; the numbers are those of the epoch.
Live numbers are recomputed every 15 minutes and are provisional until a data release is frozen. This page shows no Bible text. How we count