Psalm 40:12 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
10I have not hid thy righteousness within my heart; I have declared thy faithfulness and thy salvation: I have not concealed thy lovingkindness and thy truth from the great congregation.
11Withhold not thou thy tender mercies from me, O LORD: let thy lovingkindness and thy truth continually preserve me.
12For 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.
13Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me: O LORD, make haste to help me.
14Let them be ashamed and confounded together that seek after my soul to destroy it; let them be driven backward and put to shame that wish me evil.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Psalm 38:4
Both verses express the weight of sin and its effects on the individual.
2 Corinthians 1:8
Paul speaks of being overwhelmed by troubles, similar to the psalmist's experience.
Romans 7:24
Both verses express a cry for deliverance from the burden of sin.
Source: Psalm 40:12