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Psalms 80:5

Old Testament Poetry/Hymns ASV (1901)

What does Psalms 80:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
Psalms 80:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Psalms 80

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us.
3Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?
5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.
6Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
7Turn us again, O God of hosts; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Thou 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 Psalms 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, abundantly. The word here rendered “great measure” - שׁלישׁ shâlı̂ysh - means properly a third, and is usually applied to a measure for grain - a third part of another measure - as, the third part of an ephah. See the notes at Isaiah 40:12. Then…”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Psa 42:3, Psa 102:9; Job 6:7; Isa 30:20; Eze 4:16, Eze 4:17 Psalms 80:6”
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