Keraia
Psalm 80

Psalm 80:5

Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel · Psalm 80:1–19
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Translations

Modern
You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
Traditional
Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Literal
You have fed them the bread of tears, and caused them to drink with tears a third part.
Latin
…cibabis nos pane lacrimarum, et potum dabis nobis in lacrimis in mensura?

Original

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

Notes

Psalms 80:4–7

The 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.

Psalms 80:1–19

This psalm of lament may come from the remnant (the small group that survived) of the northern kingdom after it fell in 722 BC. The people call on God as their Shepherd and as the God of Hosts (a title that describes God as the ruler over the armies of heaven). They hope that he will return to them and restore them.

They remember the Exodus and their special relationship with the Lord. The psalm ends with a promise of renewed commitment to him (Psalm 80:18).

Glossary

Asaph Imprecatory Psalms Music Presence of God Psalms, Book of Shoshannim, Shoshannim-Eduth

Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: God Regulates the Measure of Afflictions Afflictions and Adversities: Prayer In Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Afflictions: God Regulates the Measure of Backsliders: Return of Bread: (Of Tears) Sorrow Church: Backslidden Measures: (Drinking Tears in Great Measure) of Severe Afflictions Tears: Figurative The Jews: All Other Nations: Rejoiced at Calamities of