Psalm 80:5 “You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full meas…”

Psalm 80:5

You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

World English Bible

You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.

American Standard Version

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.

Darby Translation

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

Young's Literal Translation

Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

Bible in Basic English

You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

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Cross references

“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”

Psalm 42:3 Isaiah 30:20 Psalm 102:9 Job 6:7 Ezekiel 4:16 Ezekiel 4:17

Psalm 42:3 · BSB

My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Isaiah 30:20 · BSB

The Lord will give you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, but your Teacher will no longer hide Himself—with your own eyes you will see Him.

Psalm 102:9 · BSB

For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears

Job 6:7 · BSB

My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

Ezekiel 4:16 · BSB

Then 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.

Ezekiel 4:17 · BSB

So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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.

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