Psalms 80:5
3 Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
6 You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
- KJV
- Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
- WEB
- You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
- ASV
- Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
- DARBY
- Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
- BLB
- You have fed them the bread of tears, and caused them to drink with tears a third part.
- ÅB
- Du har gitt dem tårebrød å spise og tårer å drikke i fullt mål.
- OTB
- Du har gitt dem tårenes brød,
Og du har latt dem drikke rikelig med tårer. - B1930
- Du har gitt dem tårebrød å ete og tårer å drikke i fullt mål.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Read in contextIsaiah 30:20
The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.
Read in contextPsalms 102:9
For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Read in contextEzekiel 4:16–17
Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
Read in contextJob 6:7
My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
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