Psalms 79:4

Shame

² The dead bodies of thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the heaven, the flesh of thy saints unto the beasts of the earth.

³ Their blood have they shed like water round about Jerusalem; and there was none to bury them.

We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

⁵ How long, LORD? wilt thou be angry for ever? shall thy jealousy burn like fire?

⁶ Pour out thy wrath upon the heathen that have not known thee, and upon the kingdoms that have not called upon thy name.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
KJV: We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
WEB: We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
ASV: We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
DARBY: We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
BLB: We have become a reproach for our neighbors, a mocking and derision for those around us.

ÅB: Vi er blitt til skam for våre naboer, til spott og hån for dem som er omkring oss.
OTB: Vi har blitt en skam for våre naboer,
Et objekt for hån og spott for dem rundt oss.
B1930: Vi er blitt til skam for våre naboer, til spott og hån for dem som er omkring oss.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Psalms 80:6
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Ezekiel 36:15
Neither will I cause men to hear in thee the shame of the heathen any more, neither shalt thou bear the reproach of the people any more, neither shalt thou cause thy nations to fall any more, saith the Lord GOD.
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Psalms 89:41
All that pass by the way spoil him: he is a reproach to his neighbours.
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Lamentations 5:1
Remember, O LORD, what is come upon us: consider, and behold our reproach.
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Psalms 44:13–14
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
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Daniel 9:16
O Lord, according to all thy righteousness, I beseech thee, let thine anger and thy fury be turned away from thy city Jerusalem, thy holy mountain: because for our sins, and for the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy people are become a reproach to all that are about us.
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Jeremiah 25:18
To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;
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Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
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