Psalms 80:5
(80:6) Thou feedest them with the bread of tears, and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
In Context
4(80:5) O Lord of hosts, how long shall thy anger smoke against the prayer of thy people?
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuseth to touch them: they are unto me like disgusting food.
Psalms 74:1“A Maskil of Assaph.” Why, O God, hast thou cast us off for ever? why will thy anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Psalms 102:9(102:10) For ashes do I eat like bread, and my drink I mingle with weeping;
Lamentations 3:43Thou hast covered [us] with thy anger, and made pursuit after us: thou hast slain, thou hast not pitied.
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxious care; and they shall drink water by measure, and in confusion;
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 →