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Psalm 56:8–11

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8You have kept count of my tossings;3

aput my tears in your bottle.

bAre they not in your book?

9Then my enemies will turn back

cin the day when I call.

This I know, that4 dGod is for me.

10In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

11in God I trust; uI shall not be afraid.

What can man do to me?

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Psalm 56:8: You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in your bottle. Are they not in your book?

Footnotes

  1. 3Or wanderings
  2. 4Or because

Cross references

  1. a[Ps. 39:12; 2 Kgs. 20:5]
  2. b[Mal. 3:16]
  3. cPs. 102:2
  4. dPs. 118:6; [Rom. 8:31]
  5. u[See ver. 4 above]

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Record my misery;

list my tears on your scroll—

are they not in your record?

Then my enemies will turn back

when I call for help.

By this I will know that God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise—

in God I trust and am not afraid.

What can man do to me?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You yourself have recorded my wanderings.

Put my tears in your bottle.

Are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will retreat on the day when I call.

This I know: God is for me.

In God, whose word I praise,

in the Lord, whose word I praise,

in God I trust; I will not be afraid.

What can mere humans do to me?

NLTNew 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.

My enemies will retreat when I call to you for help.

This I know: God is on my side!

I praise God for what he has promised;

Yes, I praise the Lord for what he has promised.

I trust in God, so why should I be afraid?

What can mere mortals do to me?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

You have kept count of my wanderings.

Put my tears in your bottle;

are they not in your book?

Then my enemies will turn back when I call.

This I know because God is for me.

God, whose word I praise,

Yahweh, whose word I praise,

God I trust; I do not fear.

What can mere humankind do to me?

KJV 1900King James Version

Thou tellest my wanderings:

Put thou my tears into thy bottle:

Are they not in thy book?

When I cry unto thee, then shall mine enemies turn back:

This I know; for God is for me.

In God will I praise his word:

In the Lord will I praise his word.

In God have I put my trust: I will not be afraid

What man can do unto me.