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O Yahweh God of hosts,
how long will you be angry[a]
against the prayer of your people?
You have fed them the bread of tears;
you have given them tears to drink in full measure.[b]
You have made us an object of strife to our neighbors,
and our enemies mock among themselves.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:4 Literally “until when your anger smoke”
  2. Psalm 80:5 The Hebrew “threefold” or “a third of a measure” is difficult

How long,(A) Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smolder(B)
    against the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears;(C)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(D)
You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(E)

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Footnotes

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