Psalms 79:6
Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; 1 And wilt cause us to drink tears by measure. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
5O Lord God of hosts, 1 How long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant? 1
7Thou hast made us a strife to our neighbors; 1 And our enemies have mocked at us. 1
Cross References
Psalms 14:4In his sight an evil-worker is set at nought, 1 But he honors them that fear the Lord. 1 He swears to his neighbor, and disappoints him not. 1
Isaiah 13:1The vision which Isaiah son of Amoz 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 Kittim: 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 →