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5Thou feedest{H8689)} them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink{H8686)} in great measure.
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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:
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
For I have eaten ashes like bread, and mingled my drink with weeping,
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: …
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)The psalmist here, in the name of the church, applies to God by prayer, with reference to the present afflicted state of Israel. I. He entreats God’s favour for them ( Ps. 80:1 , 2 ); that is all in all to the sanctuary when it is desolate, and is to be sought in the first place. Observe, 1. How he eyes God in his address as the Shepherd of Israel, whom he had called the sheep of his pasture (Ps.…
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