Psalms 80 · Verse 6

Psalms 80:6

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
Psalms 80:6, King James Version

Psalms 80:6 in other translations

BSBYou make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.
WEBYou make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.
ASVThou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.
YLTThou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.
DARBYThou hast made us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies mock among themselves.
BBEYou make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
WebsterThou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

What does Psalms 80:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. strife--object or cause of (Is 9:11). On last clause compare Psa 79:4; Eze 36:4.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 Thou 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 80:1-7

He that dwelleth upon the mercy-seat, is the good Shepherd of his people. But we can neither expect the comfort of his love, nor the protection of his arm, unless we partake of his converting grace. If he is really angry at the prayers of his people, it is because, although they pray, their ends are not right, or there is some secret sin indulged in them, or he will try their patience and perseverance in prayer…

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Psalms 80:6 in the original Hebrew

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תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּte.si.Me.nuyou make usH7760
מָ֭דוֹןMa.dona contentionH4066
לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּlish.khe.Nei.nuto neighbors ourH7934
וְ֝אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּve.'o.ye.Vei.nuand enemies ourH341
יִלְעֲגוּ\־yil.'a.gu-they mockH3932
לָֽמוֹ\׃la.mo<to> themselves

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Cross references for Psalms 80:6

  • Psalms 79:4

    We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.

  • Judges 16:25

    And 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 them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

  • Jeremiah 48:27

    For was not Israel a derision unto thee? was he found among thieves? for since thou spakest of him, thou skippedst for joy.

  • Jeremiah 15:10

    Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

  • Isaiah 36:12-20

    But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you? Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in the Jews’ language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king, the king of Assyria. Thus saith the king, Let not Hezekiah deceive you: for he shall not be able to deliver you. Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the Lord, saying, The Lord will surely deliver us: this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria. …

  • Psalms 44:13-14

    Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.

  • Ezekiel 36:4

    Therefore, 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 rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about;

  • Isaiah 36:8

    Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, 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 37:23

    Whom 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.

  • Revelation 11:10

    And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make merry, and shall send gifts one to another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth.

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Thou.
Jer 15:10
our enemies.
44:13,14; 79:4; Jud 16:25; Isa 36:8,12-20; 37:23; Jer 48:27
Eze 36:4; Re 11:10

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Context

  • Psalms 80:5

    Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.

  • Psalms 80:6

    Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

  • Psalms 80:7

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

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Psalms 80:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pusístenos por contienda á nuestros vecinos: y nuestros enemigos se burlan entre sí.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu leur as fait manger un pain de larmes, et tu les as abreuvés de larmes à pleine mesure.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Du setztest uns zum Streit unseren Nachbarn, und unsere Feinde spotten untereinander.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Testimonium in Joseph posuit illud, cum exiret de terra Ægypti; linguam quam non noverat, audivit.