Catholic Public Domain Version
"for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob. "
— Psalms 80:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”
“Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. ”
“You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.”
“You have given them tears as food; you have made them drink tears by the measure.”
“For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.”
“You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.”
“Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.”
Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.
Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.
Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,
for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob.
He set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know.
He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.
You called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction.