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Selected Verse: Psalms 80:6 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 80:6 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou makest [07760] us a strife [04066] unto our neighbours [07934]: and our enemies [0341] laugh [03932] among themselves. |
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King James |
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| strife--object or cause of (Isa 9:11). On last clause compare Psa 79:4; Eze 36:4. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou makest us a strife - An occasion of strife or wrangling; that is, of strife among themselves, to see who will get the most of our spoils; or of contention, to see which could do most to aggravate their sufferings, and to bring disgrace and contempt upon them. They were emulous with each other in the work of desolation and ruin.
Unto our neighbors - The surrounding nations. See Psa 79:4.
And our enemies laugh among themselves - Over our calamities. They exult; they glory; they triumph in our ruin. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. |
4 Therefore, ye mountains [02022] of Israel [03478], hear [08085] the word [01697] of the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069] to the mountains [02022], and to the hills [01389], to the rivers [0650], and to the valleys [01516], to the desolate [08074] wastes [02723], and to the cities [05892] that are forsaken [05800], which became a prey [0957] and derision [03933] to the residue [07611] of the heathen [01471] that are round about [05439];
4 We are become a reproach [02781] to our neighbours [07934], a scorn [03933] and derision [07047] to them that are round about [05439] us.
11 Therefore the LORD [03068] shall set up [07682] the adversaries [06862] of Rezin [07526] against him, and join [05526] his enemies [0341] together [05526];
4 We are become a reproach [02781] to our neighbours [07934], a scorn [03933] and derision [07047] to them that are round about [05439] us.