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Our enemies treat us as a joke.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/80.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/80.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/80.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/80.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You have made us a strife to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/80.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/80.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/80.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thou dost make us an object of contention to our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/80.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You set us as an object of strife to our neighbors, And our enemies mock <i>us</i> among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/80.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You make us an object of contention to our neighbors, And our enemies laugh [at our suffering] among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/80.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You put us at odds with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/80.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />You make us quarrel with our neighbors; our enemies make fun of us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/80.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/80.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Because of you, our enemies who live nearby laugh and joke about us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/80.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/80.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You made us a source of conflict to our neighbors, and our enemies made fun of us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/80.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You let the surrounding nations fight over our land; our enemies insult us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/80.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You have set us at strife against our neighbors and our enemies deride us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/80.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />You make us contend with our neighbors; our enemies mock us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/80.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You have made our neighbors dislike us, and our enemies insult us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/80.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies have mocked us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/80.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou makest us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/80.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/80.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />You make us a strife to our neighbors, "" And our enemies mock at it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/80.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/80.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thou wilt set us a strife to our neighbors, and our enemies will deride to themselves.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/80.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast made us to be a contradiction to our neighbours: and our enemies have scoffed at us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/80.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 79:7>You have set us as a contradiction to our neighbors. And our enemies have ridiculed us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/80.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You have left us to be fought over by our neighbors; our enemies deride us. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/80.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />You make us the scorn of our neighbors; our enemies laugh among themselves.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/80.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thou hast made us a jest to our neighbors; and our enemies laugh among themselves.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/80.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />You have made us a mockery to our neighbors and our enemies have mocked at us.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/80.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; And our enemies mock as they please.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/80.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thou has made us a strife to our neighbours; and our enemies have mocked at us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/80-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=10112" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/80.htm">Hear Us, O Shepherd of Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>You fed them with the bread of tears and made them drink the full measure of their tears. <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7760.htm" title="7760: tə·śî·mê·nū (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms:: 1cp) -- To put, place, set. Or siym; a primitive root; to put.">You make us</a> <a href="/hebrew/4066.htm" title="4066: mā·ḏō·wn (N-ms) -- Strife, contention. From diyn; a contest or quarrel.">contend</a> <a href="/hebrew/7934.htm" title="7934: liš·ḵê·nê·nū (Prep-l:: N-mpc:: 1cp) -- Inhabitant, neighbor. From shakan; a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen.">with our neighbors;</a> <a href="/hebrew/341.htm" title="341: wə·’ō·yə·ḇê·nū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Prtcpl-mpc:: 1cp) -- Hating, an adversary. Or owyeb; active participle of 'ayab; hating; an adversary.">our enemies</a> <a href="/hebrew/3932.htm" title="3932: yil·‘ă·ḡū- (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To mock, deride, stammer. A primitive root; to deride; by implication to speak unintelligibly.">mock</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·mōw (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">us.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-5.htm">Isaiah 5:5-7</a></span><br />Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it will be consumed; I will tear down its wall, and it will be trampled. / I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.” / For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Jeremiah 12:10-11</a></span><br />Many shepherds have destroyed My vineyard; they have trampled My plot of ground. They have turned My pleasant field into a desolate wasteland. / They have made it a desolation; desolate before Me, it mourns. All the land is laid waste, but no man takes it to heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-14.htm">Lamentations 3:14</a></span><br />I am a laughingstock to all my people; they mock me in song all day long.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/36-3.htm">Ezekiel 36:3-4</a></span><br />therefore prophesy and declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: Because they have made you desolate and have trampled you on every side, so that you became a possession of the rest of the nations and were taken up in slander by the lips of their talkers, / therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoil and a mockery to the rest of the nations around you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Hosea 10:1-2</a></span><br />Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars. / Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/21-33.htm">Matthew 21:33-41</a></span><br />Listen to another parable: There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it, and built a tower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / When the harvest time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit. / But the tenants seized his servants. They beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/12-1.htm">Mark 12:1-9</a></span><br />Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. / But they seized the servant, beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/20-9.htm">Luke 20:9-16</a></span><br />Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time. / At harvest time, he sent a servant to the tenants to collect his share of the fruit of the vineyard. But the tenants beat the servant and sent him away empty-handed. / So he sent another servant, but they beat him and treated him shamefully, sending him away empty-handed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/64-10.htm">Isaiah 64:10-11</a></span><br />Your holy cities have become a wilderness. Zion has become a wasteland and Jerusalem a desolation. / Our holy and beautiful temple, where our fathers praised You, has been burned with fire, and all that was dear to us lies in ruins.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-9.htm">Jeremiah 25:9-11</a></span><br />behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation. / Moreover, I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp. / And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/9-7.htm">1 Kings 9:7-9</a></span><br />then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ / And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/7-20.htm">2 Chronicles 7:20-22</a></span><br />then I will uproot Israel from the soil I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. I will make it an object of scorn and ridicule among all the peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ / And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/63-18.htm">Isaiah 63:18</a></span><br />For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-8.htm">Jeremiah 19:8</a></span><br />I will make this city a desolation and an object of scorn. All who pass by will be appalled and will scoff at all her wounds.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-14.htm">Ezekiel 5:14-15</a></span><br />I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. / So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.</p><p class="hdg">thou</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Jeremiah 15:10</a></b></br> 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; <i>yet</i> every one of them doth curse me.</p><p class="hdg">our enemies</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13,14</a></b></br> Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Psalm 79:4</a></b></br> We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/16-25.htm">Judges 16:25</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/80-3.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Contention</a> <a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/psalms/59-8.htm">Laugh</a> <a href="/psalms/74-14.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/psalms/74-22.htm">Mock</a> <a href="/psalms/79-12.htm">Neighbors</a> <a href="/psalms/79-12.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/job/7-20.htm">Object</a> <a href="/psalms/69-31.htm">Please</a> <a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/job/28-6.htm">Source</a> <a href="/psalms/55-9.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/psalms/76-5.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/80-7.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-10.htm">Contention</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Enemies</a> <a href="/psalms/81-14.htm">Haters</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Laugh</a> <a href="/psalms/90-3.htm">Makest</a> <a href="/psalms/89-51.htm">Mock</a> <a href="/psalms/89-41.htm">Neighbors</a> <a href="/psalms/89-41.htm">Neighbours</a> <a href="/psalms/88-8.htm">Object</a> <a href="/psalms/119-76.htm">Please</a> <a href="/psalms/89-41.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-6.htm">Source</a> <a href="/psalms/106-32.htm">Strife</a> <a href="/psalms/81-15.htm">Themselves</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 80</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/80-1.htm">The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/80-8.htm">God's former favors are turned into judgments</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/80-14.htm">He prays for deliverance</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/80.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/80.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>You make us contend with our neighbors;</b><br>This phrase reflects the historical context of Israel's frequent conflicts with surrounding nations. Throughout the Old Testament, Israel often found itself in tension with neighboring peoples such as the Philistines, Moabites, and Edomites. These conflicts were sometimes a result of Israel's disobedience to God, leading to divine discipline. Theologically, this can be seen as a call for the Israelites to return to faithfulness, as God uses these circumstances to draw His people back to Him. The idea of contending with neighbors also echoes the broader biblical theme of spiritual warfare, where believers are called to stand firm in their faith amidst external pressures.<p><b>our enemies mock us.</b><br>Mockery from enemies is a recurring theme in the Psalms and other biblical texts, symbolizing the shame and humiliation that God's people experience when they are not in right standing with Him. This mockery can be seen as a form of psychological warfare, intended to demoralize and weaken the resolve of the Israelites. Historically, this reflects the taunts and derision from nations like Assyria and Babylon, who saw Israel's struggles as evidence of their God's weakness. In a prophetic sense, this foreshadows the mockery Jesus Christ endured during His crucifixion, as recorded in the Gospels, where He was scorned by onlookers and religious leaders. This connection highlights the suffering servant motif, where Christ identifies with the suffering of His people and ultimately overcomes through His resurrection.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/a/asaph.htm">Asaph</a></b><br>The author of <a href="/bsb/psalms/80.htm">Psalm 80</a>, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court, known for his role in leading worship and composing psalms.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation of Israel is the primary subject of this psalm, experiencing distress and seeking God's restoration and favor.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/n/neighbors.htm">Neighbors</a></b><br>Refers to the surrounding nations that were often in conflict with Israel, such as the Philistines, Moabites, and Edomites.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/e/enemies.htm">Enemies</a></b><br>These are the adversaries of Israel who take advantage of their weakened state to mock and oppress them.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The psalmist addresses God, acknowledging His sovereignty even in times of hardship and seeking His intervention.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_sovereignty.htm">Understanding Divine Sovereignty</a></b><br>Recognize that God allows challenges and opposition for His purposes, even when we do not fully understand them.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_mockery.htm">Responding to Mockery</a></b><br>Learn to respond to mockery and opposition with faith and prayer, seeking God's strength and vindication.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_lament.htm">Community Lament</a></b><br>Embrace the practice of communal lament as a way to bring collective struggles before God, fostering unity and shared hope.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trusting_in_god's_timing.htm">Trusting in God's Timing</a></b><br>Trust that God's timing for deliverance and restoration is perfect, even when it seems delayed from our perspective.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/intercessory_prayer.htm">Intercessory Prayer</a></b><br>Engage in intercessory prayer for the community and nation, asking God to turn His face towards us and bring healing.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_80.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 80</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_psalm_9_6_align_with_evil's_presence.htm">Psalm 9:6 states the enemy is 'come to a perpetual end,' yet evil persists globally; how can this be reconciled?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_would_god_remove_his_protection.htm">In Psalm 80:12-13, why would an omnipotent God remove His protection, allowing enemies to ravage His chosen people?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_psalm_83_nations_unite_against_israel.htm">Does the historical or archaeological record confirm that the nations listed in Psalm 83:6-8 ever formed a united conspiracy against Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_use_'arrows'_for_children_in_scripture.htm">(Psalm 127:4-5) Why use a militaristic metaphor (arrows) for children if other parts of Scripture promote peace and nonviolence?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/80.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">A strife</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., </span>an object of contention. In no other sense could Israel be a strife to neighbouring nations. For the bearing of this on the date of the psalm see its Introduction.<p><span class= "bld">Laugh among themselves.</span>--Literally, <span class= "ital">for themselves. </span>But LXX. and Vulg. read, "at us."<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/80.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours.</span> A great invasion, Assyrian or Babylonian, was always a signal to the near neighbours of Israel - Syria, Moab, Ammon, Edom - to indulge in hostilities (see <a href="/2_kings/24-2.htm">2 Kings 24:2</a>). <span class="cmt_word">And our enemies laugh among themselves</span> (comp. <a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13</a>; <a href="/psalms/79-4.htm">Psalm 79:4</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/80-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">You make us</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּשִׂימֵ֣נוּ</span> <span class="translit">(tə·śî·mê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7760.htm">Strong's 7760: </a> </span><span class="str2">Put -- to put, place, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">contend</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֭דוֹן</span> <span class="translit">(mā·ḏō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4066.htm">Strong's 4066: </a> </span><span class="str2">A contest, quarrel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with our neighbors;</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁכֵנֵ֑ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(liš·ḵê·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7934.htm">Strong's 7934: </a> </span><span class="str2">A resident, a fellow-citizen</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our enemies</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝אֹיְבֵ֗ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ō·yə·ḇê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_341.htm">Strong's 341: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hating, an adversary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">mock</span><br /><span class="heb">יִלְעֲגוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(yil·‘ă·ḡū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3932.htm">Strong's 3932: </a> </span><span class="str2">To deride, to speak unintelligibly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">us.</span><br /><span class="heb">לָֽמוֹ׃</span> <span class="translit">(lā·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/80-6.htm">Psalm 80:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/80-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 80:6 You make us a source of contention (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/80-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 80:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 80:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/80-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 80:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 80:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>