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Psalms 80:6
6You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have made us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.
Context of Psalms 80:6
4O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies, how long will you be angry with our prayers? 5You have fed us with sorrow and made us drink tears by the bucketful. You have made us the scorn of neighboring nations. Our enemies treat us as a joke. 7Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved. 8You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
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 15:10Then I said, “What sorrow is mine, my mother. Oh, that I had died at birth! I am hated everywhere I go. I am neither a lender who threatens to foreclose nor a borrower who refuses to pay— yet they all curse me.”
- Psalms 44:13You let our neighbors mock us. We are an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Psalms 79:4We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
- Judges 16:25Half drunk by now, the people demanded, “Bring out Samson so he can amuse us!” So he was brought from the prison to amuse them, and they had him stand between the pillars supporting the roof.
- Isaiah 36:8“I’ll tell you what! Strike a bargain with my master, the king of Assyria. I will give you 2,000 horses if you can find that many men to ride on them!
- Isaiah 37:23“Whom have you been defying and ridiculing? Against whom did you raise your voice? At whom did you look with such haughty eyes? It was the Holy One of Israel!
- Jeremiah 48:27Did you not ridicule the people of Israel? Were they caught in the company of thieves that you should despise them as you do?
- Ezekiel 36:4Therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Sovereign Lord. He speaks to the hills and mountains, ravines and valleys, and to ruined wastes and long-deserted cities that have been destroyed and mocked by the surrounding nations.
- Revelation 11:10All the people who belong to this world will gloat over them and give presents to each other to celebrate the death of the two prophets who had tormented them.
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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