Psalms 80:5
Thou hast fed them with the food of tears, And hast caused them to drink the water of weeping in threefold abundance.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 Yahweh, God of hosts! How long hast thou been wroth with the prayer of thy people?
Cross References
Job 6:7My soul hath refused to touch, Those things, are like disease in my food.
Psalms 74:1Wherefore, O God, hast thou cast off utterly? Shall thine anger smoke against the flock of thine own pasturing?
Psalms 102:9For, ashes—like bread, have I eaten, And, my drink—with my tears, have I mingled;
Lamentations 3:43Thou hast covered thyself with anger, and pursued us, hast slain—hast not spared;
Ezekiel 4:16And he said unto me, Son of man Behold me! breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, So shall they eat bread by weight and with anxious care, And water by measure, and in astonishment, shall they drink:
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 →