Psalms 80:5
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
In Context
4O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
6You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.
Psalms 74:1A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?
Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears
Lamentations 3:43You have covered Yourself in anger and pursued us; You have killed without pity.
Ezekiel 4:16Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
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 →