Psalms 80:5

Psalms 80:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
• New International Version (NIV)You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
• English Standard Version (ESV)You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You have fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in great measure.

Context of Psalms 80:5

3O God, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved. 4O Lord God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people? You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure. 6You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves. 7O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

Psalms 80:5 word by word

הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּם לֶ֣חֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה וַ֝תַּשְׁקֵ֗מוֹ בִּדְמָע֥וֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ׃Read the interlinear

• You have fedאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• of tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• And You have madeשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
• them to drinkשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248
• largeשָׁלִישׁshâlîysh shâlôsh shâlôsh · thirdH7991
• measureשָׁלִישׁshâlîysh shâlôsh shâlôsh · thirdH7991

Cross-references for Psalms 80:5

• Psalms 42:3My tears have been my food day and night, While they say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
• Psalms 102:9For I have eaten ashes like bread And mingled my drink with weeping
• Job 6:7My soul refuses to touch them; They are like loathsome food to me.
• Isaiah 30:20Although the Lord has given you bread of privation and water of oppression, He, your Teacher will no longer hide Himself, but your eyes will behold your Teacher.
• Ezekiel 4:16Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,

Commentaries on Psalms 80:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears - They have no peace, no comfort, nothing but continual sorrow. In great measure - שליש shalish, threefold. Some think it was a certain measure used by the Chaldeans, the real capacity of which is not known. others think it signifies abundance or abundantly.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Thou feedest them with the bread of tears - literally, “Thou causest them to eat the bread of tears,” or of weeping. That is, their food was accompanied with tears; even when they ate, they wept. Their tears seemed to moisten their bread, they flowed so copiously. See the notes at Psalm 42:3. And givest them tears to drink - So abundant were their tears that they might constitute their very drink. In great measure - Or rather by measure; that is…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7The people cry out for rescue from the shame of their recent defeat. The enemy’s victory is less devastating, however, than the knowledge that they themselves are objects of God’s wrath.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. bread of tears--still an Eastern figure for affliction.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 80:5

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Church
• Tears

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Countenance
• Pluck
• Psalms
• ShoshannimEduth
• God
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Measure; Measures
• Psalms, Book of
• Song

Commentaries on Psalms 80

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings