Psalms 80:6
How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
In Context
5O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy servant?
7Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us.
Cross References
Psalms 42:4My tears have been any bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily : Where is thy God?
Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours: a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
Isaiah 36:12And Rabsaces said to them: Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee, to speak all these words; and not rather to the men that sit on the wall; that they may eat their own dung, and drink their urine with you?
Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother: why hast thou borne me a man of strife, a man of contention to all the earth? I have not lent on usury, neither hath any man lent to me on usury: yet all curse me.
Ezekiel 36:4Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus saith the Lord God to the mountains, and to the hills, to the brooks, and to the valleys, and to desolate places, and ruinous walls, and to the cities that are forsaken, that are spoiled, and derided by the rest of the nations round about.
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 →