Psalms 80:6
The scorn of our neighbors you make us, the laughing-stock of our foes.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
In Context
5You have fed them with bread of tears, you have made them drink tears by the measure.
7God of hosts, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
Cross References
Psalms 42:4My heart floods with sorrow, as I call to mind: how I used to pass on with the throng, at their head, to the house of God, with glad shouts and giving of thanks, in the throng who kept festival.
Psalms 79:4On every side our neighbors revile us and mock us and jeer at us.
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 →