Verse 8
Psalms 56:8
Psalms 56:8
Tears in your bottle -- the psalmist seems to be asking God to store up his tears as a reminder of his suffering. cf. David in Psalms 51:3. 2 Samuel 12:22;
put thou my tears into thy bottle; the allusion is to "lachrymatories", or tear bottles, in which surviving relatives dropped their tears for their deceased friends, and buried them with their ashes, or in their urns; some of which tear bottles are still to be seen in the cabinets of the curious. Gill.
See also Clarke,