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You have made us the scorn[a] of neighboring nations.
    Our enemies treat us as a joke.

Turn us again to yourself, O God of Heaven’s Armies.
    Make your face shine down upon us.
    Only then will we be saved.
You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine;
    you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.

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  1. 80:6 As in Syriac version; Hebrew reads the strife.

You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(A)

Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(B)

You transplanted a vine(C) from Egypt;
    you drove out(D) the nations and planted(E) it.

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  1. Psalm 80:6 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text contention