Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Record my misery; list my tears on your scroll — are they not in your record? New Living Translation You keep track of all my sorrows. You have collected all my tears in your bottle. You have recorded each one in your book. English Standard Version You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Berean Standard Bible You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book? King James Bible Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? New King James Version You number my wanderings; Put my tears into Your bottle; Are they not in Your book? New American Standard Bible You have taken account of my miseries; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? NASB 1995 You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? NASB 1977 Thou hast taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Thy bottle; Are they not in Thy book? Legacy Standard Bible You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your book? Amplified Bible You have taken account of my wanderings; Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not recorded in Your book? Christian Standard Bible You yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book? Holman Christian Standard Bible You Yourself have recorded my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not in Your records? American Standard Version Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book? Contemporary English Version You have kept record of my days of wandering. You have stored my tears in your bottle and counted each of them. English Revised Version Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle; are they not in thy book? GOD'S WORD® Translation (You have kept a record of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle. They are already in your book.) Good News Translation You know how troubled I am; you have kept a record of my tears. Aren't they listed in your book? International Standard Version You have kept count of my wanderings. Put my tears in your bottle— have not you recorded them in your book? Majority Standard Bible You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book? NET Bible You keep track of my misery. Put my tears in your leather container! Are they not recorded in your scroll? New Heart English Bible You number my wanderings. You put my tears into your bottle. Aren't they in your book? Webster's Bible Translation Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? World English Bible You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionYou have counted my wandering, "" You place my tear in Your bottle, "" Are they not in Your scroll? Young's Literal Translation My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou -- place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book? Smith's Literal Translation Thou didst recount my wanderings: set thou my tears in thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleI have declared to thee my life: thou hast set my tears in thy sight, As also in thy promise. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My wanderings you have noted; are my tears not stored in your flask, recorded in your book? New Revised Standard Version You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your record? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleO God, I have declared my faith unto thee; record thou my tears before thee in thy book. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated I have shown you my confession; put my tears before you and in your book. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou has counted my wanderings; Put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; Are they not in Thy book? Brenton Septuagint Translation O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou has set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Be Merciful to Me, O God…7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations. 8You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book? 9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.… Cross References Revelation 21:4 ‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, / who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. Matthew 10:30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 1 Peter 5:7 Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. Luke 12:7 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. John 11:35 Jesus wept. Hebrews 4:15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin. Romans 8:26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. For we do not know how we ought to pray, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groans too deep for words. 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. Isaiah 38:5 “Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life. Jeremiah 31:16 This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy. Job 16:20 My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God. Malachi 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. Exodus 3:7 The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the affliction of My people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their oppressors, and I am aware of their sufferings. Isaiah 25:8 He will swallow up death forever. The Lord GOD will wipe away the tears from every face and remove the disgrace of His people from the whole earth. For the LORD has spoken. Treasury of Scripture You tell my wanderings: put you my tears into your bottle: are they not in your book? tellest Psalm 105:13,14 When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; … Psalm 121:8 The LORD shall preserve thy going out and thy coming in from this time forth, and even for evermore. Numbers 33:2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the LORD: and these are their journeys according to their goings out. put Psalm 39:12 Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. Psalm 126:5,6 They that sow in tears shall reap in joy… 2 Kings 20:5 Turn again, and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people, Thus saith the LORD, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will heal thee: on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD. are they Psalm 139:16 Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. Malachi 3:16 Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name. Matthew 10:30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Jump to Previous Account Book Bottle Count Counted Countest Drops Eyes Kept Lament Numberest Record Scroll Tear Tears Tellest Tossings Wandering WanderingsJump to Next Account Book Bottle Count Counted Countest Drops Eyes Kept Lament Numberest Record Scroll Tear Tears Tellest Tossings Wandering WanderingsPsalm 56 1. David, praying to God in confidence of his word, complains of his enemies,9. He professes his confidence in God's word, and promises to praise him You have taken account The phrase "You have taken account" suggests a meticulous and personal attention from God towards the psalmist's life. The Hebrew root here is "saphar," which means to count, recount, or record. This implies that God is not distant or indifferent but is intimately aware of every detail of our lives. In a historical context, this reflects the ancient Near Eastern practice of kings keeping detailed records of their subjects, symbolizing God's sovereign and caring oversight. of my wanderings Put my tears in Your bottle are they not in Your book? Put thou my tears into thy bottle.--There is a play of words in the original of "bottle," and "wandering." We must not, of course, think of the lachrymatories, as they are called, of glass, which have been found in Syria (see Thomson, Land and Book, page 103). If these were really in any way connected with "tears," they must have formed part of funeral customs. The LXX., "Thou hast put my tears before thee," and Symmachus and Jerome, "put my tears in thy sight," suggest a corruption of the text; but, in any case, the poet's feeling here is that of Constance in Shakespeare's King John-- "His grandam's wrongs, and not his mother's shames, Draw these heaven-moving pearls from his poor eyes, Which heaven shall take in nature of a fee; Ay, with those crystal beads Heaven shall be brib'd To do him justice and revenge on you." Book.--As in Psalm 139:16. Some prefer "calculation." Verse 8. - Thou tellest my wanderings; i.e. thou, O God, takest account of my wretched wandering life (1 Samuel 21-30), and notest each occasion when I am forced to move from one city, or cave, or wilderness to another. Put thou my tears into thy bottle. Take also note of my tears - let them not pass unheeded. Rather, gather them drop by drop, and store them, as costly wine is stored, in a flask. The thought, thus dressed in a metaphor, was, no doubt (as Professor Cheyne observes), "Store them up in thy memory." Are they not in thy book? i.e. hast thou not anticipated my request, and entered an account of every tear that I have shed, in thy book of records (comp. Psalm 69:28; Psalm 139:16)?Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Youאָ֥תָּה (’āt·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you have taken account סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫ה (sā·p̄ar·tāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5608: To count, recount, relate of my wanderings; נֹדִי֮ (nō·ḏî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5112: Wandering (of aimless fugitive) You have put שִׂ֣ימָה (śî·māh) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set my tears דִמְעָתִ֣י (ḏim·‘ā·ṯî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1832: Tears (of one weeping) in Your bottle. בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָ (ḇə·nō·ḏe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 4997: A skin bottle, skin Are they not הֲ֝לֹ֗א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no in Your book? בְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָ׃ (bə·sip̄·rā·ṯe·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 5612: A missive, document, writing, book Links Psalm 56:8 NIVPsalm 56:8 NLT Psalm 56:8 ESV Psalm 56:8 NASB Psalm 56:8 KJV Psalm 56:8 BibleApps.com Psalm 56:8 Biblia Paralela Psalm 56:8 Chinese Bible Psalm 56:8 French Bible Psalm 56:8 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 56:8 You number my wanderings (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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