Psalms 80:5
For thou causest them to eat the bread of tears, And givest them tears to drink, in full measure.
Noyes 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 wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
6Thou hast made us the object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies hold us in derision.
Cross References
Job 6:7That which my soul abhorreth to touch Hath become my loathsome food.
Psalms 74:1“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why doth thine anger smoke against the flock of thy pasture?
Psalms 102:9For I eat ashes like bread, And mingle my drink with tears.
Lamentations 3:43Thou hast hidden thyself in anger, and hast pursued us; thou hast slain and hast not spared;
Ezekiel 4:16And he said to me: Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they shall eat bread by weight and with care, and they shall drink water by measure and in amazement;
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 →