Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves.
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Gill's Exposition
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 hands, they strive and contend one with another about…
Barnes' Notes
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 of contention, to see which could do most to aggravate…
The psalmist here, in the name of the church, applies to God by prayer, with reference to the present afflicted state of Israel.
I. He entreats God's favour for them (Psa 80:1, Psa 80:2); that is all…
Cambridge Bible
a strife&c. An object of contention (Jer 15:10): the petty states round about (Psa 79:4; Psa 79:12), Edomites, Arabians, and the like, quarrel among themselves for our territory. Lagarde conjectures…
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