Mazmur 80:5

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

you have made them drink tears by the measure. ² 

Mazmur 102:9

102:9 For I eat ashes as if they were bread, ³ 

and mix my drink with my tears, ⁴ 

Mazmur 102:2

102:2 Do not ignore me in my time of trouble! ⁵ 

Listen to me! ⁶ 

When I call out to you, quickly answer me!

1 Samuel 16:12

16:12 So Jesse had him brought in. ⁷  Now he was ruddy, with attractive eyes and a handsome appearance. The Lord said, “Go and anoint him. This is the one!”

[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.

[102:9]  ³ sn Mourners would sometimes put ashes on their head or roll in ashes as a sign of mourning (see 2 Sam 13:19; Job 2:8; Isa 58:5).

[102:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “weeping.”

[102:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “do not hide your face from me in the day of my trouble.” The idiom “to hide the face” can mean “to ignore” (see Pss 10:11; 13:1; 51:9) or carry the stronger idea of “to reject” (see Pss 29:7; 30:7; 88:14).

[102:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “turn toward me your ear.”

[16:12]  ⁷ tn Heb “and he sent and brought him.”