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Psalm 56

Psa. 56:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou tellest
caphar (Hebrew #5608)
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
KJV usage: commune, (ac-)count; declare, number, + penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Pronounce: saw-far'
Origin: a primitive root
my wanderings
nowd (Hebrew #5112)
from 5110; exile
KJV usage: wandering.
Pronounce: node
Origin: (only defect. nod {node})
: put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
thou my tears
dim`ah (Hebrew #1832)
weeping
KJV usage: tears.
Pronounce: dim-aw'
Origin: feminine of 1831
into thy bottle
no'd (Hebrew #4997)
also (feminine) no)dah {no-daw'}; from an unused root of uncertain signification; a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)
KJV usage: bottle.
Pronounce: node
Origin: or noywd {node}
: are they not in thy book
cepher (Hebrew #5612)
from 5608; properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
KJV usage: bill, book, evidence, X learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.
Pronounce: say'-fer
Origin: or (feminine) ciphrah (Psa. 56:8 (9)) {sif-raw'}
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Mal. 3:16• 16Then they that feared Jehovah spake often one to another: and Jehovah hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written {i}before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.{/i} (Mal. 3:16)

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Ministry on This Verse

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tellest.
Psa. 105:13‑14• 13And they walked from nation to nation,{HR}From a kingdom to another people.
 14He suffered no man to oppress them{HR}And reproved kings for their sakes, (Psa. 105:13‑14)
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Psa. 121:8• 8Jehovah will keep thy going out,{HR}And thy coming in, henceforth and forever. (Psa. 121:8)
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Num. 33:2‑56• 2{i}And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of Jehovah; and these are their journeys according to their goings out.{/i}
 3{i}They journeyed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month. On the morrow after the Passover the children of Israel went out with a high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.{/i}
 4{i}And the Egyptians buried those whom Jehovah had smitten among them, all the firstborn; and upon their gods Jehovah executed judgments.{/i}
 5{i}And the children of Israel removed from Rameses, and encamped in Succoth.{/i}
 6{i}And they removed from Succoth and encamped in Etham, which is at the end of the wilderness.{/i}
 7{i}And they removed from Etham, and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, which is opposite Baal-Zephon, and encamped before Migdol.{/i}
 8{i}And they removed from before Hahiroth, and passed through the midst of the sea into the wilderness, and went three days' journey in the wilderness of Etham, and encamped in Marah.{/i}
 9{i}And they removed from Marah, and came to Elim; and in Elim were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm-trees, and they encamped there.{/i}
 10{i}And they removed from Elim, and encamped by the Red sea.{/i}
 11{i}And they removed from the Red sea, and encamped in the wilderness of Sin.{/i}
 12{i}And they removed from the wilderness of Sin, and encamped in Dophkah.{/i}
 13{i}And they removed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.{/i}
 14{i}And they removed from Alush, and encamped at Rephidim, where there was no water for the people to drink.{/i}
 15{i}And they removed from Rephidim, and encamped in the wilderness of Sinai.{/i}
 16{i}And they removed from the wilderness of Sinai, and encamped at Kibroth-hattaavah.{/i}
 17{i}And they removed from Kibroth-hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.{/i}
 18{i}And they removed from Hazeroth, and encamped in Rithmah.{/i}
 19{i}And they removed from Rithmah, and encamped at Rimmon-perez.{/i}
 20{i}And they removed from Rimmon-perez, and encamped in Libnah.{/i}
 21{i}And they removed from Libnah, and encamped at Rissah.{/i}
 22{i}And they removed from Rissah, and encamped in Kehelathah.{/i}
 23{i}And they removed from Kehelathah, and encamped in mount Shapher.{/i}
 24{i}And they removed from mount Shapher, and encamped in Haradah.{/i}
 25{i}And they removed from Haradah, and encamped in Makheloth.{/i}
 26{i}And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.{/i}
 27{i}And they removed from Tahath, and encamped at Terah.{/i}
 28{i}And they removed from Terah, and encamped in Mithcah.{/i}
 29{i}And they removed from Mithcah, and encamped in Hashmonah.{/i}
 30{i}And they removed from Hashmonah, and encamped in Moseroth.{/i}
 31{i}And they removed from Moseroth, and encamped in Bene-Jaakan.{/i}
 32{i}And they removed from Bene-Jaakan, and encamped at Hor-hagidgad.{/i}
 33{i}And they removed from Hor-hagidgad, and encamped in Jotbathah.{/i}
 34{i}And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Abronah.{/i}
 35{i}And they removed from Abronah, and encamped at Ezion-geber.{/i}
 36{i}And they removed from Ezion-geber, and encamped in the wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh.{/i}
 37{i}And they removed from Kadesh, and encamped in mount Hor, in the border of the land of Edom.{/i}
 38{i}And Aaron the priest went up mount Hor by the commandment of Jehovah, and died there, in the fortieth year after the children of Israel came out of the land of Egypt, in the fifth month, on the first of the month.{/i}
 39{i}And Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on mount Hor.{/i}
 40{i}And the Canaanite, the king of Arad who dwelt in the south in the land of Canaan, heard of the coming of the children of Israel.{/i}
 41{i}And they removed from mount Hor, and encamped in Zalmonah.{/i}
 42{i}And they removed from Zalmonah, and encamped in Punon.{/i}
 43{i}And they removed from Punon, and encamped in Oboth.{/i}
 44{i}And they removed from Oboth, and encamped in Ijim-Abarim, in the border of Moab.{/i}
 45{i}And they removed from Ijim, and encamped in Dibon-Gad.{/i}
 46{i}And they removed from Dibon-Gad, and encamped in Almon-Diblathaim.{/i}
 47{i}And they removed from Almon-Diblathaim, and encamped in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.{/i}
 48{i}And they removed from the mountains of Abarim, and encamped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho.{/i}
 49{i}And they encamped by the Jordan, from Beth-jeshimoth unto Abel-Shittim, in the plains of Moab.{/i}
 50{i}And Jehovah spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan of Jericho, saying,{/i}
 51{i}Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye pass over Jordan into the land of Canaan,{/i}
 52{i}then ye shall dispossess all the inhabitants of the land from before you, and ye shall destroy all their figured images, and all their molten images shall ye destroy, and all their high places shall ye lay waste;{/i}
 53{i}and ye shall take possession of the land, and dwell therein, for to you have I given the land to possess it.{/i}
 54{i}And ye shall take for yourselves the land as an inheritance by lot according to your families: to the many ye shall increase their inheritance, and to the few thou shalt diminish their inheritance: where the lot falleth to him, there shall be each man's inheritance; according to the tribes of your fathers shall ye take for yourselves the inheritance.{/i}
 55{i}But if ye will not dispossess the inhabitants of the land from before you, those that ye let remain of them shall be thorns in your eyes, and pricks in your sides, and they shall harass you in the land wherein ye dwell.{/i}
 56{i}And it shall come to pass that I will do unto you as I thought to do unto them.{/i} (Num. 33:2‑56)
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1 Sam. 19:18• 18So David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth. (1 Sam. 19:18)
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1 Sam. 22:1‑5• 1{i}And David departed thence, and escaped to the cave of Adullam{/i}; and when his brethren and all his father's house heard it, they went down thither to him.
 2And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; {i}and he became a captain over them; and there were with him about four hundred men{/i}.
 3{i}And David went thence to Mizpeh in Moab, and said to the king of Moab, Let my father and my mother, I pray thee, come forth amongst you, till I know what God will do for me.{/i}
 4{i}And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.{/i}
 5{i}And the prophet Gad said to David, Abide not in the stronghold; depart, and go into the land of Judah. Then David departed, and came into the forest of Hareth.{/i} (1 Sam. 22:1‑5)
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1 Sam. 27:1• 1{i}And David said in his heart{/i}, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul, There is nothing better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines; {i}and Saul will despair of me to seek me anymore within all the limits of Israel, and I shall escape out of his hand.{/i} (1 Sam. 27:1)
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Isa. 63:9• 9In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the Angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them and carried them all the days of old. (Isa. 63:9)
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2 Cor. 11:26• 26by wayfarings often, by dangers of rivers, by dangers of robbers, by dangers from countrymen, by dangers from Gentiles, by dangers in town, by dangers in desert, by dangers at sea, by dangers among false brethren, by toil and trouble; (2 Cor. 11:26)
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Heb. 11:8,13,38• 8By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go out into a place which he was to receive for an inheritance, and went out not knowing where he was going.
 13All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them from afar, and greeted, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.
 38(of whom the world was not worthy), wandering in deserts and mountains and caves and the chinks of the earth. (Heb. 11:8,13,38)
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Psa. 39:12• 12Hear my prayer, O Jehovah,{HR}And to my cry give ear;{HR}At my tears be not silent;{HR}For a stranger [am] I with thee,{HR}A sojourner like all my fathers. (Psa. 39:12)
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Psa. 126:5‑6• 5Those that sow with tears{HR}Shall reap with joyful song.
 6Surely (going) he goeth and weepeth, bearing a load of the seed;{HR}Surely (coming) he shall come with joyful song, bearing his sheaves. (Psa. 126:5‑6)
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2 Kings 20:5• 5Turn again, and tell Hezekiah, the captain of my people, Thus saith Jehovah, 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 Jehovah. (2 Kings 20:5)
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Job 16:20• 20My mockers [are] my friends;{HR}Mine eye poureth out to God, (Job 16:20)
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Rev. 7:17• 17For the Lamb that is in the midst of the throne shall tend them and shall lead them to fountains of waters of life, and God shall wipe away every tear from their eyes. (Rev. 7:17)
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Psa. 139:16• 16Thine eyes saw mine unformed substance,{HR}And in thy book were all of them written,{HR}Days they were fashioned when (and) not one [was] among them. (Psa. 139:16)
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Mal. 3:16• 16Then they that feared Jehovah spake often one to another: and Jehovah hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written {i}before him for them that feared Jehovah, and that thought upon his name.{/i} (Mal. 3:16)
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Matt. 10:30• 30{i}but of you even the hairs of the head are all numbered.{/i} (Matt. 10:30)
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Rev. 20:12• 12And I saw the dead, the great and the little, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is {i}the book{/i} of life: and the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works. (Rev. 20:12)
• Every sorrow of the saint is in His book. It is a blessed thought. So the heart confides in Him and knows that when it cries to Him all its enemies will be turned back. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 55-58” by J.N. Darby)
• In contrast to the treatment at the hands of the wicked, God counts every step that His people have to take, keeps a bottle for their tears, and a book wherein to record their sorrows. (“Psalm 56” by H. Smith)
• The wandering remnant (vs. 8) continue to feel oppression from both their apostate brethren and the Gentiles. (“Book 2.” by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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*Thou* countestb my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottlec: are they not in thy book?

JND Translation Notes

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Or "recountest."
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There is a paronomasia in this verse with Nod, "wandering," and N�d, "bottle" (i.e. a leathern sack).

W. Kelly Translation

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Thou, countest my wanderings:{HR}Put my tears in thy bottle;{HR}[Are] they not in thy book?

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)