Psalms 80:6

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

(e) Our neighbours have continual strife and war against us.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 80:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXX. Then and Now. The Messianic Hope. The Ps. depicts Judah's forlorn condition, first directly ( Psalms 80:1-7 ) and then under the figure of a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

laugh among themselves. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "have mocked at us".
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Thou makest us a strife - The neighboring districts have a contr...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours - i:e., an ob...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. is an appeal to God to save His people from the adversities that have come upon them, and have made them the laughing stock of their enemies...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A strife — i.e., an object of contention. In no other sense could Israel be a strife to neighbouring nations. For the bearing of this on the date...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 80:1-19 THIS psalm is a monument of some time of great national calamity; but its allusions do not enable us to reach certainty as to what...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Turn Us Again, O God” Psalms 80:1-7 The ten tribes were in captivity, and the hearts of their brethren, still living at Jerusalem under the re...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a song out of the midst of distress. There is far more light and colour about it than in the previous one. The circumstances do not see...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are most blessed tokens, and highly expressive of grace in the heart. And the prayer, being again repeated, plainly shows from whence alone the...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours ,.... Either obliges us to contend with them for our defence and safety; or having given us into their h...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Ver. 6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours ] We have...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

How long wilt thou be angry , &c. Thou art so far from answering our prayers, whereby we seek thy favour, that, by thy continuing and increasing...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Mournful Complaints. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim, Eduth. A psalm...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

A strife, i.e. the object or matter of their strife or contention; either, 1. They strive one with another who shrill do us most mischief, or tak...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth .” On “ Shoshannim ” see Introduction to Psalms 45 . Probably “Shoshan...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 80:1-3 . Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Befor...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though we know not the occasion on which this song was composed, yet as the tribes still inhabited the land, it probably was written on the same occa...
The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock. The Almighty in relation to erring man I. As a shepherd ( Psalms 80:1 )....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM in which the writer entreats God to restore his favour once more to Israel, and especially to the ten tribes, who are in af...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Deliverance of the Church. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, to be rendered in public worship according to the melody "L...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors, the object of their taunts and attacks; and our enemies laugh among themselves, making mockery of Israe...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 36:4 ; Isaiah 36:12-20 ; Isaiah 36:8 ; Isaiah 37:23 ; Jeremiah 15:10 ; Jeremiah 48:27 ; Judges 16:25 ; Psalms 44:13 ; Psalms 44:14 ;...

⁶ Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 80:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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