Psalms 80:5

80:5 You have given them tears as food; ¹ 

you have made them drink tears by the measure. ² 

Psalms 116:8

116:8 Yes, ³  Lord, ⁴  you rescued my life from death,

and kept my feet from stumbling.

¹ tn Heb “you have fed them the food of tears.”

² tn Heb “[by] the third part [of a measure].” The Hebrew term שָׁלִישׁ (shalish, “third part [of a measure]”) occurs only here and in Isa 40:12.

³ tn Or “for.”

⁴ tn “Lord” is supplied here in the translation for clarification.