Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(A)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(B)

Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[b](C)
    are they not in your record?(D)
Then my enemies will turn back(E)
    when I call for help.(F)
    By this I will know that God is for me.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 56:7 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text does not have do not.
  2. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin

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.

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Shall they escape by iniquity?
In anger cast down the peoples, O God!

You number my wanderings;
Put my tears into Your bottle;
(A)Are they not in Your book?
When I cry out to You,
Then my enemies will turn back;
This I know, because (B)God is for me.

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