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Boyd's Bible Dictionary: T
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James P. Boyd
Psalm 56:8
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Allusion is supposed, by some, to be made to a custom of preserving the tears of mourners in a bottle and placing it in the sepulcher
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Psa. 56:8
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Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? (Psalm 56:8)
). Others regard the words as a bold metaphor, expressive of David’s wish that God would keep in memory his many penitential tears, as the traveler stores his water, milk, or wine in leather bottles for a journey.
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