Psalms 80:6

6 You have let our neighbors fight against us. Our enemies laugh at us.

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.

Psalms 80:6 In-Context

4 LORD God who rules over all, how long will your anger burn against the prayers of your people?

5 You have given us tears as our food. You have made us drink tears by the bowlful.

6 You have let our neighbors fight against us. Our enemies laugh at us.

7 God who rules over all, make us new again. Let your face smile on us with favor. Then we will be saved.

8 You brought Israel out of Egypt. Israel was like a vine. After you drove the nations out of Canaan, you planted the vine in their land.