הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֬י דִמְעָתִ֣י לֶ֭חֶם יוֹמָ֣ם וָלָ֑יְלָה בֶּאֱמֹ֥ר אֵלַ֥י כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם אַיֵּ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
Ang aking mga luha ang naging pagkain ko araw at gabi, habang buong araw nilang sinasabi sa akin: “Nasaan ang iyong Diyos?”
The Gate of Unity
and although the weeping during the midnight prayer of Tikkun Chatzot are simple tears shed over “the sins of one’s youth” and the like, nonetheless, about this it states,26Psalms 42:4 “My tears were my bread day and night.”