Psalms 80:6
He made it to be a testimony in Joseph, 1 When he came forth out of the land of Egypt: 1 He heard a language which he understood not. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
In Context
5For this is an ordinance for Israel, 1 And a statute of the God of Jacob. 1
7He removed his back from burdens: 1 His hands slaved in making the baskets. 1
Cross References
Psalms 42:4And I will go in to the altar of God, 1 To God who gladdens my youth: 1 I will give thanks to thee on the harp, O God, my God. 1
Psalms 79:4Turn us, O God, 1 And cause thy face to shine; and we shall be delivered. 1
Isaiah 36:12And Rabshakeh said to them, Has my lord sent me to your lord or to you, to speak these words? has he not sent me to the men that sit on the wall, that they may eat dung, and drink their water together with you?
Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother! thou hast born me as some man of strife, and at variance with the whole earth; I have not helped others, nor has anyone helped me; my strength has failed among them that curse me.
Ezekiel 36:4therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord; Thus saith the Lord to the mountains, and to the hills, and to the streams, and to the valleys, and to the places that have been made desolate and destroyed, and to the cities that have been deserted, and have become a spoil and a trampling to the nations that were left round about;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →