Psalms 80:5
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
In Context
4Jehovah, God of hosts, how long will thine anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
6Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
Cross References
Job 6:7What my soul refuseth to touch, that is as my loathsome food.
Psalms 74:1{An instruction: of Asaph.} Why, O God, hast thou cast off for ever? [why] doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
Lamentations 3:43Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us; thou hast slain, thou hast not spared.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →