Psalms 80:6
4 O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?
5 You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears.
You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
7 Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.
8 You uprooted a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and transplanted it.
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
- You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
- KJV
- Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- WEB
- You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
- ASV
- Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
- DARBY
- Thou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
- BLB
- You have made us a strife to our neighbors, and our enemies mock at it.
- ÅB
- Du gjør oss til en trette for våre naboer, og våre fiender spotter med lyst.
- OTB
- Du gjør oss til en kilde til strid for våre naboer,
Og våre fiender ler seg imellom. - B1930
- Du gjør oss til en trette for våre naboer, og våre fiender spotter med lyst.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 79:4
We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to those around us.
Read in contextJudges 16:25
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.
Read in contextJeremiah 48:27
Was not Israel your object of ridicule? Was he ever found among thieves? For whenever you speak of him you shake your head.
Read in contextJeremiah 15:10
Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
Read in contextIsaiah 36:12–20
But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
Read in contextPsalms 44:13–14
You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:4
therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.
Read in contextIsaiah 36:8
Now, therefore, make a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you two thousand horses—if you can put riders on them!
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