Psalm 80:5

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Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

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In other translations

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.

Hebrew words

הֶאֱכַלְתָּםhe'ekhaltomyou have fed themH398לֶחֶםlechembread ofH3899דִּמְעָהdim'ahtear[s]H1832וַתַּשְׁקֵמוֹvatashkemovand you have made drink themH8248בִּדְמָעוֹתbidma'ot<in> tearsH1832שָׁלִישׁ׃shalisha third of a measureH7991

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

Related verses

Isaiah 30:20
And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not thy teachers be removed into a corner any more, but thine eyes shall see thy teachers: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 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
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Ezekiel 4:16-17
¹⁶ Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment: ¹⁷ That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.¹⁶ 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. ¹⁷ So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
Job 6:7
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.My soul refuses to touch them; they are loathsome food to me.

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