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Psalms 80:6

80:5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

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You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves.

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

You make us a strife to our neighbors: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

80:7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

What does Psalms 80:6 mean?

Psalms 80:6 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שׂוּם (sûwm), מָדוֹן (mâdôwn), שָׁכֵן (shâkên).

Hebrew interlinear

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Thou
makestשׂוּםsûwm/soom/H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
us
a
strifeמָדוֹןmâdôwn/maw-dohn'/H4066a contest or quarrel
unto
our
neighbours:שָׁכֵןshâkên/shaw-kane'/H7934a resident; by extension, a fellow-citizen
and
our
enemiesאֹיֵבʼôyêb/o-yabe'/H341hating; an adversary
laughלָעַגlâʻag/law-ag'/H3932to deride; by implication (as if imitating a foreigner) to speak unintelligibly
among
themselves.

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What does Psalms 80:6 say?

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

Is Psalms 80:6 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 80:6 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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