Psalms 56:8-9

8 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.

Psalms 56:8 in Other Translations

8 Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

8 You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

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.

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.

8 You Yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your records?

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?

Cross References

• 1. S 2 Kings 20:5
• 2. Isaiah 4:3; Daniel 7:10; Daniel 12:1; Malachi 3:16
• 3. Psalms 9:3
• 4. Psalms 102:2
• 5. S Numbers 14:8; S Deuteronomy 31:6; Romans 8:31

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "misery;" / "put my tears in your wineskin"