The Meaning of Psalms 80:5 Explained

Psalms 80:5

KJV: Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

YLT: Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time.

Darby: Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure:

ASV: Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Thou feedest  them with the bread  of tears;  and givest them tears  to drink  in great measure. 

What does Psalms 80:5 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalm 80:1-7 - "turn Us Again, O God"
The ten tribes were in captivity, and the hearts of their brethren, still living at Jerusalem under the reign of David's line, seem to have turned with great longing toward them. This psalm is full of intercession on their behalf. Three times, at the turning-points of the psalm, the refrain is repeated that God would turn them again and cause them to be saved, Psalms 80:3; Psalms 80:7; Psalms 80:19. Note the ascending climax: God; God of Hosts; Jehovah, God of Hosts.
In Jacob's blessing of Joseph, God is appealed to as Shepherd, Genesis 48:15; Genesis 49:24. To sit enthroned above the cherubim is an emblem of omnipotence. Notice how the gentleness of the Shepherd blends with His almightiness. In the Wilderness march the three great tribes of Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh immediately followed the Ark, which was borne by the priests. This ancient litany surely befits the present condition of the Church, when she is rent by internal divisions, or infected with a spirit of skepticism and unable to exorcise the demons that possess society. Let us plead with God to enlighten us by His face and quicken us by His Spirit.' God must defend His cause, else there is no help for it. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalm 80

1  The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church
8  God's former favors are turned into judgments
14  He prays for deliverance

What do the individual words in Psalms 80:5 mean?

You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them to drink tears in [great] measure
הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּם לֶ֣חֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה וַ֝תַּשְׁקֵ֗מוֹ בִּדְמָע֥וֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ

הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּם  You  have  fed  them 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Perfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: אָכַל  
Sense: to eat, devour, burn up, feed.
לֶ֣חֶם  with  the  bread 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: לֶחֶם  
Sense: bread, food, grain.
דִּמְעָ֑ה  of  tears 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: דִּמְעָה  
Sense: tears.
וַ֝תַּשְׁקֵ֗מוֹ  and  given  them  to  drink 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Consecutive imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.
בִּדְמָע֥וֹת  tears 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, feminine plural
Root: דִּמְעָה  
Sense: tears.
שָׁלִֽישׁ  in  [great]  measure 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׁלִישׁ 
Sense: third part.

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