Psalm 80:5-7
New English Translation
5 You have given them tears as food;[a]
you have made them drink tears by the measure.[b]
6 You have made our neighbors dislike us,[c]
and our enemies insult us.
7 O God of Heaven’s Armies,[d] restore us.
Smile on us.[e] Then we will be delivered.[f]
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:5 tn Heb “you have fed them the food of tears.”
- Psalm 80:5 tn Heb “[by] the third part [of a measure].” The Hebrew term שָׁלִישׁ (shalish, “third part [of a measure]”) occurs only here and in Isa 40:12.
- Psalm 80:6 tn Heb “you have made us an object of contention to our neighbors.”
- Psalm 80:7 tn Heb “O God, hosts.” One expects the construct form אֱלֹהֵי before צְבָאוֹת (tsevaʾot, “hosts”; see Ps 89:9), but יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים (yehvah ʾelohim) precedes צְבָאוֹת (tsevaʾot) in Pss 59:5 and 84:8 as well. See also v. 4 for a similar construction.
- Psalm 80:7 tn The idiom “cause your face to shine” probably refers to a smile (see Eccl 8:1), which in turn suggests favor and blessing (see Num 6:25; Pss 4:6; 31:16; 44:3; 67:1; 89:15; Dan 9:17).
- Psalm 80:7 tn Heb “cause your face to shine in order that we may be delivered.” After the imperative, the cohortative with prefixed vav (ו) indicates purpose/result.
Psalm 80:5-7
New International Version
5 You have fed them with the bread of tears;(A)
you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(B)
6 You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock us.(C)
7 Restore us, God Almighty;
make your face shine on us,
that we may be saved.(D)
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention
Psalm 80:5-7
King James Version
5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure.
6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
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