Psalm 56:8 “You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—…”

Psalm 56:8

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou tellest 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?

American Standard Version

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast counted my wandrings: put my teares into thy bottel: are they not in thy register?

Darby Translation

Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

Young's Literal Translation

My wandering Thou hast counted, Thou — place Thou my tear in Thy bottle, Are they not in Thy book?

Bible in Basic English

You have seen my wanderings; put the drops from my eyes into your bottle; are they not in your record?

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Cross references

“tellest”

Psalm 121:8 Hebrews 11:13 Isaiah 63:9 1 Samuel 22:1–5 Hebrews 11:38 Numbers 33:2–56

Psalm 121:8 · BSB

The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.

Hebrews 11:13 · BSB

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 · BSB

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.

1 Samuel 22:1–5 · BSB

So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.

Hebrews 11:38 · BSB

The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.

Numbers 33:2–56 · BSB

At the LORD’s command, Moses recorded the stages of their journey. These are the stages listed by their starting points:

“put”

2 Kings 20:5 Psalm 39:12 Revelation 7:17 Job 16:20 Psalm 126:5 Psalm 126:6

2 Kings 20:5 · BSB

“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…

Psalm 39:12 · BSB

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.

Revelation 7:17 · BSB

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.’ ”

Job 16:20 · BSB

My friends are my scoffers as my eyes pour out tears to God.

Psalm 126:5 · BSB

Those who sow in tears will reap with shouts of joy.

Psalm 126:6 · BSB

He who goes out weeping, bearing a trail of seed, will surely return with shouts of joy, carrying sheaves of grain.

“are they”

Malachi 3:16 Matthew 10:30 Psalm 139:16 Revelation 20:12

Malachi 3:16 · BSB

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.

Matthew 10:30 · BSB

And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

Psalm 139:16 · BSB

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.

Revelation 20:12 · BSB

And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And books were opened, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7In spite of such sin, will they escape? In Your anger, O God, cast down the nations.

9Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

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