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Psalms 56:8-9
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Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll
[a]
— are they not in your record?
9
Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
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Psalms 56:8 in Other Translations
KJV
8
Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
ESV
8
You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?
NLT
8
You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book.
MSG
8
You've kept track of my every toss and turn through the sleepless nights, Each tear entered in your ledger, each ache written in your book.
CSB
8
You Yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your records?
Psalms 56:8-9 Meaning and Commentary
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John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Psalms 56:8-9 In-Context
6
They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps, hoping to take my life.
7
Because of their wickedness do not let them escape; in your anger, God, bring the nations down.
8
Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record?
9
Then my enemies will turn back when I call for help. By this I will know that God is for me.
10
In God, whose word I praise, in the LORD, whose word I praise—
11
in God I trust and am not afraid. What can man do to me?
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1.
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2 Kings 20:5
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Isaiah 4:3
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Daniel 7:10
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Daniel 12:1
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Malachi 3:16
3.
Psalms 9:3
4.
Psalms 102:2
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Numbers 14:8
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Deuteronomy 31:6
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Romans 8:31
Footnotes
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[a].
Or "misery;" / "put my tears in your wineskin"
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