Psalms 80:5
For this is an ordinance for Israel, 1 And a statute of the God of Jacob. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
In Context
4Blow the trumpet at the new moon, 1 In the glorious day of your feast. 1
Cross References
Job 6:7For my wrath cannot cease; 1 For I perceive my food as the smell of a lion to be loathsome. 1
Psalms 74:1For the end, Destroy not, a Psalm of a Song for Asaph. 1
Psalms 102:9He will not be always angry; 1 Neither will he be wrathful forever. 1
Lamentations 3:43Thou hast visited us in wrath, 1 And driven us away: 1 Thou hast slain, 1 Thou hast not pitied. 1
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
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 →