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They stir up strife, they lurk,
    they watch my steps.
As they hoped to have my life,
    so repay[a] them for their crime;
    in wrath cast down the peoples, O God!

You have kept count of my tossings;
    put my tears in your bottle.
    Are they not in your record?

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  1. Psalm 56:7 Cn: Heb rescue

They conspire,(A) they lurk,
    they watch my steps,(B)
    hoping to take my life.(C)
Because of their wickedness do not[a] let them escape;(D)
    in your anger, God, bring the nations down.(E)

Record my misery;
    list my tears on your scroll[b](F)
    are they not in your record?(G)

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  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

They gather together,
They hide, they mark my steps,
When they lie in wait for my life.
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?

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