Psalm 56:8

Translations

Modern

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

Traditional

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

Literal

My wanderings You have counted; put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

Latin

Deus, vitam meam annuntiavi tibi; posuisti lacrimas meas in conspectu tuo, sicut et in promissione tua:

Original

Hebrew

English

You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?

Notes

Psalms 56:8

The psalmist uses wordplay with two similar Hebrew words: wanderings (nod) and bottle (no’d).

Psalms 56:1–13

In this lament, the psalmist first asks for help and then expresses confidence in God. This pattern occurs two times (Psalm 56:1–4, 5–13).

Psalms 51:1–65:13

These psalms of David share a common theme. They reflect on the experience of evil. In Psalm 51, the psalmist admits his wrongdoing and asks for God's forgiveness. Psalms 52–64 express sorrow over specific evils David faced. A song of praise (Psalm 65) brings David's laments to an end.

Theme notes and profiles

David Nehemiah’s Confidence in God

Related verses

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.
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.
Revelation 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.’”
Psalm 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.
Psalm 126:5–6
Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.
Matthew 10:30
And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
Psalm 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.
Psalm 121:8
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Hebrews 11:13
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Job 16:20
My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.
Psalm 105:13–14
…they wandered from nation to nation, from one kingdom to another.

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