King James Version

Psalms 56:8

Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 56:9.

נֹדִי֮nodiwanderingנוֹדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “wandering”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5112exilewandering.סָפַ֪רְתָּ֫הsafartahcommuneסָפַרverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “commune”, a completed actionH5608properly, 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. celebratecommune, (ac-) count; declare, number, [phrase] penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.אָ֥תָּהatahtheeאַתָּהpronoun, personal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “thee”H859thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youthee, thou, ye, you.שִׂ֣ימָהsimahputשׂוּםverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular, paragogic he — “put”, a commandH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…דִמְעָתִ֣יdimatitearsדִּמְעָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “tears”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1832weepingtears.בְנֹאדֶ֑ךָvenodekhain bottleנֹאדpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in bottle”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4997a (skin or leather) bag (for fluids)bottle.הֲ֝לֹ֗אhalono , -r,לֹאparticle, interrogative, particle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בְּסִפְרָתֶֽךָbesifratekhain bookסֵפֶרpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “in book”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5612properly, writing (the art or a document); by implication, a bookbill, book, evidence, [idiom] learn(-ed) (-ing), letter, register, scroll.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou 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?

World English Bible

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

Darby Translation

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

Douay-Rheims

My heart is ready, O God, my heart is ready: I will Sing, and rehearse a psalm.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(56-9) Thou has counted my wanderings; put Thou my tears into Thy bottle; are they not in Thy book?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

O God, I have declared my life to thee; thou hast set my tears before thee, even according to thy promise.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὴν ζωήν μου ἐξήγγειλά σοι, ἔθου τὰ δάκρυά μου ἐνώπιόν σου, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπαγγελίᾳ σου.