BDBD is Psalm 56:8-9

A good monarch in David’s time would have a scribe write a note on a scroll or wineskin to remind him of someone he must reward, help, or punish. It was a royal sticky note reminder in ancient times. David asks the Lord God to record his lament, misery, and wanderings, and allow his tears to wet the scroll in the Lord Jesus’ court. David was perhaps writing this psalm as tears let go of his cheek and wetted the scroll he was writing on.

God does notice when we cry. More than recording them on a sticky note to remember later, my tears are written on his heart.

I know your tears. I know your hardships. I know your oppressors. They are written in my heart. I experience them with you. Are we not one? Am I now in you? In pain, we are one. You are suffering one with me. As you are buried with me. As you carry your cross and die to yourself with me, you will also rise with me. I will wipe away your tears. You shall sorrow no more.” (Exodus 33:17; Psalm 69:19; Jeremiah 29:11, 33:3; Romans 6:3-14)

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