Psalms 80:6

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 hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7Turn us again, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. 8Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.

Psalms 80:6 word by word

תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ מָ֭דוֹן לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ וְ֝אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּ יִלְעֲגוּ־לָֽמוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• usשָׁקָהshâqâh · to water: drinkH8248

Cross-references for Psalms 80:6

• Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent on usury, neither have men lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
• Psalms 44:13Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us.
• Psalms 79:4We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
• Judges 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made sport before them: and they set him between the pillars.
• Isaiah 36:8Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my master the king of Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
• Isaiah 37:23Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed? and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high? even against the Holy One of Israel.
• Jeremiah 48:27For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for as often as thou speakest of him, thou waggest the head.
• Ezekiel 36:4therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains and to the hills, to the watercourses and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes and to the cities that are forsaken, which are become a prey and derision to the residue of the nations that are round about:
• Revelation 11:10And they that dwell on the earth rejoice over them, and make merry; and they shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that 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

Topics related to Psalms 80:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
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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