Psalms 80:6

6 You make us an object of contention ¹to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.

Psalms 80:6 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 80:6

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours
Either obliges us to contend with them for our defence and safety; or having given us into their hands, they strive and contend one with another about dividing the spoil:

and our enemies laugh among themselves;
at us, and because there is no help for us in God, as they imagine; or at God himself, as Kimchi, saying he cannot save as.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Psalms 80:6 In-Context

4 O LORD God of hosts, How long will You be angry with the prayer of Your people?

5 You have fed them with the bread of tears, And You have made them to drink tears in large measure.

6 You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.

7 O God of hosts, restore us And cause Your face to shine upon us, and we will be saved.

8 You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.

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1. Psalms 44:13; Psalms 79:4

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[a]. Lit "a strife to"

Psalms 80:6

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Psalms 80:6 Meaning and Commentary

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