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Psalms 80:5 - Exposition

Thou feedest them with the bread of tears (comp. Psalms 42:2 , "My tears have been my meat day and night"). And givest them tears to drink in great measure ; or, and givest them to drink a copious draught of tears; literally, shalish is a measure of capacity, probably the third part of an ephah (see Isaiah 40:12 ).

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

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Psalms 80:5 - Exposition

Psalms 80:5 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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