All her people sigh, they seek bread; They have given their pleasant things for food to refresh the soul: See, O Jehovah, and behold; for I am become abject.

The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: The young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.

We have given the hand to the Egyptians, And to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread.

We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.