Psalms 56:8
6 They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.
7 In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.
You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
9 Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.
10 In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?
- KJV
- Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
- WEB
- You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?
- ASV
- Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?
- DARBY
- *Thou* countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
- BLB
- My wanderings You have counted; put my tears in Your bottle—are [they] not in Your book?
- ÅB
- Hvor ofte jeg har flyktet, det har du tellet; mine tårer er gjemt i din flaske; står de ikke i din bok?
- OTB
- Du har merket deg mine lidelser;
Samle mine tårer i din flaske.
Er de ikke opptegnet i din bok? - B1930
- Hvor ofte jeg har flyktet, det har du tellet; mine tårer er gjemt i din flaske; står de ikke i din bok?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Kings 20:5
“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.
Read in contextMalachi 3:16
At that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
Read in contextPsalms 39:12
Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear to my cry for help; do not be deaf to my weeping. For I am a foreigner dwelling with You, a stranger like all my fathers.
Read in contextRevelation 7:17
For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
Read in contextPsalms 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Read in contextMatthew 10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Read in contextPsalms 139:16
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Read in contextPsalms 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
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