English Standard Version
Psalms 80:6
6You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms 80:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- New International Version (NIV)You have made us an object of derision to our neighbors, and our enemies mock us.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have made us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
Context of Psalms 80:6
4O Lord God of hosts, how long will you be angry with your people's prayers? 5You have fed them with the bread of tears and given them tears to drink in full measure. You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
Read all of Psalms 80Psalms 80:6 word by word
תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭דוֹן לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ וְ֝אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּ יִלְעֲגוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:6
- Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that you bore me, a man of strife and contention to the whole land! I have not lent, nor have I borrowed, yet all of them curse me.
- Psalms 44:13You have made us the taunt of our neighbors, the derision and scorn of those around us.
- Psalms 79:4We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
- Judges 16:25And when their hearts were merry, they said, "Call Samson, that he may entertain us." So they called Samson out of the prison, and he entertained them. They made him stand between the pillars.
- Isaiah 36:8Come now, make a wager with my master the king of Assyria: I will give you two thousand horses, if you are able on your part to set riders on them.
- Isaiah 37:23"'Whom have you mocked and reviled? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes to the heights? Against the Holy One of Israel!
- Jeremiah 48:27Was not Israel a derision to you? Was he found among thieves, that whenever you spoke of him you wagged your head?
- Ezekiel 36:4therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord God: Thus says the Lord God to the mountains and the hills, the ravines and the valleys, the desolate wastes and the deserted cities, which have become a prey and derision to the rest of the nations all around,
- Revelation 11:10and those who dwell on the earth will rejoice over them and make merry and exchange presents, because these two prophets had been a torment to those who dwell on the earth.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Thou makest us a strife - The neighboring districts have a controversy about us; we are a subject of contention to them. A people so wonderfully preserved, and so wonderfully punished, is a mystery to them. They see in us both the goodness and severity of God. Or, all the neighboring nations join together to malign and execrate us. We are hated by all; derided and cursed by all.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Thou makest us a strife - An occasion of strife or wrangling; that is, of strife among themselves, to see who will get the most of our spoils; or of contention, to see which could do most to aggravate their sufferings, and to bring disgrace and contempt upon them. They were emulous with each other in the work of desolation and ruin. Unto our neighbors - The surrounding nations. See Psalm 79:4. And our enemies laugh among themselves - Over our calamities…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-7The people cry out for rescue from the shame of their recent defeat. The enemy’s victory is less devastating, however, than the knowledge that they themselves are objects of God’s wrath.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. strife--object or cause of (Is 9:11). On last clause compare Psa 79:4; Eze 36:4.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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