Psalms 80:5
You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
World English 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
4LORD God of Armies, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
6You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them. They are as loathsome food to me.
Psalms 74:1God, why have you rejected us forever? 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 3:43“You have covered us with anger and pursued us. You have killed. You have not pitied.
Ezekiel 4:16Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;
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 →