PSA 80:5 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX (PSA 79:6) Ψωμιεῖς ἡμᾶς ἄρτον δακρύων, καὶ ποτιεῖς ἡμᾶς ἐν δάκρυσιν ἐν μέτρῳ.
(psōmieis haʸmas arton dakruōn, kai potieis haʸmas en dakrusin en metrōi.)

BrTr (PSA 79:6) Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.

ULT You have made them eat bread of tears,
⇔ and you have made them drink tears, in triple measure.

UST You have caused us to experience constant sorrow.
⇔ It feels as if you are punishing us three times as much as we deserve.

BSB & MSB You fed them with the bread of tears
⇔ and made them drink the full measure of [their] tears.

OEB You have fed them with bread of tears,
⇔ you have made them drink tears by the measure.

WEBBE & WMBB You have fed them with the bread of tears,
⇔ and given them tears to drink in large measure.

NET You have given them tears as food;
⇔ you have made them drink tears by the measure.

LSV You have caused them to eat bread of tears,
And cause them to drink
With tears a third time.

FBV You fed them with the bread of tears, and gave them a full bowl[fn] of tears to drink.

80:5 Literally, “full measure.”

T4T It is as though the only food and drink that you have given us is a cup full of our tears!

LEB • You have fed them the bread of tears;
• you have given them tears to drink in full measure.[fn]

80:? The Hebrew “threefold” or “a third of a measure” is difficult

BBE You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.

Moff Thou hast made tears our daily bread,
⇔ and tears on tears our drink;

JPS (PSA 80:6) (80-7) Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.

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

DRA (PSA 79:6) How long wilt thou feed us with the bread of tears: and give us for our drink tears in measure?

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

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

RV Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
(Thou/You hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.)

SLT Thou gavest them to eat the bread of tears, and thou wilt give them to drink in tears by measure.

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

KJB-1769 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
(Thou/You feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest/give them tears to drink in great measure.)

KJB-1611 Thou feedest them with the bread of teares: and giuest them teares to drinke in great measure.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Bshps Thou feedest them with the bread of teares: and geuest them plenteously teares to drinke.
(Thou/You feedest them with the bread of tears: and givest/give them plenteously tears to drink.)

Gnva Thou hast fedde them with the bread of teares, and giuen them teares to drinke with great measure.
(Thou/You hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink with great measure.)

Cvdl Thou hast fed the with the bred of teares, yee thou hast geuen the pleteousnes of teares to drynke.
(Thou/You hast fed the with the bread of tears, ye/you_all thou/you hast given the plenteousness of tears to drink.)

Wycl (PSA 79:6) Hou longe schalt thou feede vs with the breed of teeris; and schalt yyue drynke to vs with teeris in mesure?
(How long shalt/shall thou/you feed us with the bread of tears; and shalt/shall give drink to us with tears in measure?)

Luth (PSA 80:6) Du speisest sie mit Tränenbrot und tränkest sie mit großem Maß voll Tränen.
(You(sg) dined/ate they/she/them with bread_of_tears and drink(v) they/she/them with large measure(n)/extent full/whole teardrops/tears(n).)

ClVg (PSA 79:6) cibabis nos pane lacrimarum, et potum dabis nobis in lacrimis in mensura?[fn]
(you(sg)_will_eat us pane of_tears, and drink you(sg)_will_give us in/into/on with_tears in/into/on measure?)

79.6 Cibabis AUG. Exponit hic passiones, quas sancti tempore adventus passuri sunt. Quasi diceret: Etsi optem Christi adventum, tamen eo tempore multa passuri sumus, quia cibavit, etc. In mensura, etc. AUG. Pro viribus tuis ut erudiaris, non opprimaris; unde: Fidelis Deus qui non patitur vos tentari supra, etc. I Cor. 10.. Vel, pro modo culparum.

79.6 You(sg)_will_eat AUG. Explains this/here passions, which holy at_the_time arrivals to_suffer are. As_if would_say: Although I_may_wish of_Christ arrival, nevertheless by_him at_the_time fine to_suffer we_are, because he_fed, etc. In measure, etc. AUG. For with_strength yours as you_may_be_educated, not/no you_may_be_oppressed; from_where/who: Faithful God who/which not/no suffers you(pl) to_be_tempted above, etc. I Cor. 10.. Or, for just/only of_faults.

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּ⁠ם לֶ֣חֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה וַ֝⁠תַּשְׁקֵ֗⁠מוֹ בִּ⁠דְמָע֥וֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_fed_them food/grain/bread tears and,you,have_made_them_drink (in),tears measure )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word that shows that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [You have made them eat and drink tears abundantly]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

הֶ֭אֱכַלְתָּ⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_fed_them food/grain/bread tears and,you,have_made_them_drink (in),tears measure )

The pronoun them refers to the people of Israel. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [You have made the people of Israel eat]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֶ֣חֶם דִּמְעָ֑ה

food/grain/bread (Some words not found in UHB: you,have_fed_them food/grain/bread tears and,you,have_made_them_drink (in),tears measure )

Asaph is speaking as if tears were bread that people could eat. This means that sorrow has become their constant experience. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [food of sorrow]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ֝⁠תַּשְׁקֵ֗⁠מוֹ בִּ⁠דְמָע֥וֹת שָׁלִֽישׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_fed_them food/grain/bread tears and,you,have_made_them_drink (in),tears measure )

Asaph is speaking as if tears were a liquid that people could drink in great quantity. This means that God has caused the people to experience overwhelming sorrow. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and you have caused them to weep an overwhelming amount]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

שָׁלִֽישׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: you,have_fed_them food/grain/bread tears and,you,have_made_them_drink (in),tears measure )

Asaph uses the phrase in triple measure as an exaggeration for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use another way to express this emphasis. Alternate translation: [much more than we deserve]

Parallel PSA 80:5