You have fed them with the bread of tears,
and given them tears to drink in large measure.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Psalms 80:5 in context
Psalms 80:2–8
2
Before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh, stir up your might!
Come to save us!
3
Turn us again, God.
Cause your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
4
LORD God of Armies,
how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?
5
Selected verse
You have fed them with the bread of tears,
and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6
You make us a source of contention to our neighbors.
Our enemies laugh among themselves.
7
Turn us again, God of Armies.
Cause your face to shine,
and we will be saved.
8
You brought a vine out of Egypt.
You drove out the nations, and planted it.
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