'Food' in the Bible

“For my groaning comes at the sight of my food,And my cries [of despair] are poured out like water.

“My soul refuses to touch them;Such things are like loathsome food to me [sickening and repugnant].

“Does the ear not put words to the test,Just as the palate tastes its food [distinguishing between the desirable and the undesirable]?

“He wanders about for food, saying, ‘Where is it?’He knows that the day of darkness and destruction is already at hand.

“He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil,The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.

Yet his food turns [to poison] in his stomach;It is the venom of vipers within him.

“I have not departed from the commandment of His lips;I have kept the words of His mouth more than my necessary food.

“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;As bread for their children in the desert.

“They pluck [and eat] saltwort (mallows) among the bushes,And their food is the root of the broom shrub.

“I assure you, the men of my tent have said,‘Who can find one [in need] who has not been satisfied with his meat’?

So that his life makes him loathe food,And his soul [loathe] even his favorite dishes.

“For the ear puts words to the testAs the palate tastes food.

“For by these [mighty acts] He judges the peoples;He gives food in abundance.

“Who provides prey for the ravenWhen its young cry to GodAnd wander about without food?

“Surely the mountains bring him food,And all the wild animals play there.