Psalm 80:6

6 Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 80:6 In-Context

4 O Lord God of hosts, how long art thou angry with the prayer of thy servant?

5 Thou wilt feed us with bread of tears; and wilt cause us to drink tears by measure.

6 Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.

7 Turn us, O Lord God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. Pause.

8 Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.