Psalms 79:6
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?
7Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.
Cross References
Psalms 14:4In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, but he honours them that fear the Lord. He swears to his neighbour, and disappoints him not.
Isaiah 13:1The Vision which Esaias son of Amos saw against Babylon.
Isaiah 23:1The Word concerning Tyre. Howl, ye ships of Carthage; for she has perished, and men no longer arrive from the land of the Citians: she is led captive.
Isaiah 45:4For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel mine elect, I will call thee by thy name, and accept thee: but thou hast not known me.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 79:2-6
Mournful Complaints. 1 O God, the heathen are come into thine inheritance; thy holy temple have they defiled; they have laid Jerusalem on heaps. 2 The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth. 3 Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them. 4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us. 5 How long, Lord ? wilt thou be… Read the whole commentary →