Psalms 79:4

4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.

Psalms 79:4 in Other Translations

KJV
4 We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
ESV
4 We have become a taunt to our neighbors, mocked and derided by those around us.
NLT
4 We are mocked by our neighbors, an object of scorn and derision to those around us.
MSG
4 We're nothing but a joke to our neighbors, graffiti scrawled on the city walls.
CSB
4 We have become an object of reproach to our neighbors, a source of mockery and ridicule to those around us.

Psalms 79:4 In-Context

2 They have left the dead bodies of your servants as food for the birds of the sky, the flesh of your own people for the animals of the wild.
3 They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead.
4 We are objects of contempt to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us.
5 How long, LORD? Will you be angry forever? How long will your jealousy burn like fire?
6 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge you, on the kingdoms that do not call on your name;

Cross References 2

  • 1. S Psalms 39:8; S Ezekiel 5:14
  • 2. Psalms 44:13; Psalms 80:6
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