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    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?
Then my enemies will retreat
    on the day when I call.
    This I know, that[b] God is for me.

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  1. Psalm 56:7 Cn: Heb rescue
  2. Psalm 56:9 Or because

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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  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