Psalm 56

Psalms · Chapter 56

Psalms 56:8

1Be merciful unto me, O God: for man would swallow me up; he fighting daily oppresseth me.2Mine enemies would daily swallow me up: for they be many that fight against me, O thou most High.3What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee.4In God I will praise his word, in God I have put my trust; I will not fear what flesh can do unto me.5Every day they wrest my words: all their thoughts are against me for evil.6They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.7Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?9When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back: this I know; for God is for me.10In God will I praise his word: in the LORD will I praise his word.11In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid what man can do unto me.12Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.13For thou hast delivered my soul from death: wilt not thou deliver my feet from falling, that I may walk before God in the light of the living?

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
8Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle— are they not in Your book?Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou my tears into thy bottle; Are they not in thy book?

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
wandering myנֹדִי֮no-DIH5112
wandering

נוֹד (nod) wandering (of aimless fugitive)

you have taken account ofסָפַ֪רְתָּ֫הsa-FAR-TAHH5608A
to recount

סָפַר (sa.phar) v 1) to count, recount, relate 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to count (things) 1a2) to number, take account of, reckon 1b) (Niphal) to be counted, be numbered 1c) (Piel) to recount, rehearse, declare 1c1) to recount (something), rehearse 1c2) to talk 1c3) to count exactly or accurately 1d) (Pual) to be recounted, be rehearsed, be related

youאָ֥תָּה'A-tahH0859A
you

אַנְתָּה (an.tah) you, thou (second pers. sing.) Aramaic of at.tah (אַתָּ֫ה "you(m.s.)" H0859A)

put !שִׂ֣ימָהSI-mahH7760HNo entry
tear[s] myדִמְעָתִ֣יdim-'a-TIH1832
tears

דִּמְעָה (dim.ah) tears

in skin-bottle yourבְנֹאדֶ֑ךָve-no-DE-khaH4997
wineskin

נֹאד (nod) skin, bottle, skin-bottle

¿ notהֲ֝לֹ֗אha-LO'H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

[is it] in scroll yourבְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָ׃be-sif-ra-TE-khaH5612B
scroll

סִפְרָה (siph.rah) book

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.