King James Version
Psalms 56:8 in the King James Version says “Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 56 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?”
Psalms 56:8 · KJV
They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul.
Shall they escape by iniquity? in thine anger cast down the people, O God.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Thou tellest”
H5608properly, 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., celebra
“put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are they not in thy book”
H5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a book
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