Mazmur 80:5

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

you have made them drink tears by the measure. ² 

Mazmur 146:7

146:7 vindicates the oppressed, ³ 

and gives food to the hungry.

The Lord releases the imprisoned.

[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.

[146:7]  ³ tn Heb “executes justice for the oppressed.”