Contradictions and Paradoxes in Psalms 56:8

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Psalms 56:8 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Psalms 56:8. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to David, God sees all the times we feel lost and keeps track of every tear we cry, as if collecting them in a special bottle and writing them down in His book. This shows that God cares very much about our feelings and remembers all our sad moments.

Psalms 56:8: Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: [are they] not in thy book?

Contradiction with Isaiah 43:25

This verse indicates that God blots out transgressions and will not remember sins, which contrasts with the idea of keeping count or record, like the mention of collecting tears in Psalms 56:8.

Isaiah 43:25: I, [even] I, [am] he that blotteth out thy transgressions for mine own sake, and will not remember thy sins.

Contradiction with Micah 7:19

This verse speaks of God casting sins into the depths of the sea, implying forgetfulness and absence of records, in contrast to the careful accounting suggested in Psalms 56:8.

Micah 7:19: He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

Contradiction with Hebrews 8:12

Here, it is stated that God will remember sins no more, which seems contradictory to the act of documenting or preserving memories as suggested in Psalms 56:8.

Hebrews 8:12: For I will be merciful to their unrighteousness, and their sins and their iniquities will I remember no more.

Contradiction with 1 Corinthians 13:5

This verse describes love as not keeping a record of wrongs, which contrasts with the concept of maintaining a record of sorrows or tears as mentioned in Psalms 56:8.

1 Corinthians 13:5: Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
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