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They hide and they watch me.
They watch me wherever I go,
    and they hope to kill me.
God, they want to do wicked things,
    so punish them!
Destroy these people,
    because you are angry with them.
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]

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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.