# Psalm Chapter 56

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Podcast: [Daily Psalms - Classical Psalms Every Day](https://stenobird.com/podcast/daily-psalms-classical-psalms-every-day-6735312)
Published: 2026-05-13T09:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Psalm 56: The Bottle of Tears Here is one of the most arresting images in all of Scripture, and it comes in the middle of a hunted man's prayer. David is in Gath, surrounded by Philistines who recognize him and mean him harm, and in his extremity he says to God: "Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?" Consider what is being claimed. Not merely that God sees our suffering — any distant deity might do that — but that He counts our tossings, collects our tears, records our grief with the attentiveness of a librarian cataloging rare manuscripts. Nothing is wasted. No midnight sob, no bewildered weeping in a foreign land, escapes His notice. And it is precisely from this knowledge — that he is watched over with such tender precision — that David finds the courage for one of the boldest declarations in the Psalter: "What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee." Not "I will never be afraid" — that would be bravado, not faith. But when the fear comes, and it will come, I will place it in the hands of the One who keeps my tears in a bottle. 00:00 Be Merciful Unto Me, O God 01:00 My Tears in Thy Bottle

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