בְּנַפְשֵׁ֙נוּ֙ נָבִ֣יא לַחְמֵ֔נוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י חֶ֥רֶב הַמִּדְבָּֽר׃
We get our bread with the peril of our lives Because of the sword of the wilderness.
Aramaic Targum to Lamentations
At the risk of our lives we gather bread to sustain us from before the slaying sword that comes from across the wilderness.