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Every time that I am upset,
    you know about it.
Put all my tears in your bottle!
    Yes, write down every tear in your book.[a]
When I call to you for help,
    my enemies will turn back.
I am sure of this: God is with me,
    to fight for me.
10 By God's help, I will praise his promise.
Yes, by the Lord's help,
    I will praise his word.

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  1. 56:8 Every time David cried, he asked God to put his tears into a bottle. He asked God to count them all and write them down in his book. David knew that God understood all about his troubles.

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

10 In God, whose word I praise,
    in the Lord, whose word I praise—

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  1. Psalm 56:8 Or misery; / put my tears in your wineskin