80:5 You have given them tears as food; 1
you have made them drink tears by the measure. 2
116:8 Yes, 3 Lord, 4 you rescued my life from death,
and kept my feet from stumbling.
[80:5] 1 tn Heb “you have fed them the food of tears.”
[80:5] 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.
[116:8] 3 tn Or “for.”
[116:8] 4 tn “Lord” is supplied here in the translation for clarification.
