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Lord God of the Heavenly Armies,
    when will your smoldering anger[a]
        toward your people’s prayers cease?[b]
You fed them tears as their food,
    and caused them to drink a full measure of tears.
You have set us at strife against our neighbors
    and our enemies deride us.

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  1. Psalm 80:4 Lit. Until when will you burn in anger
  2. Psalm 80:4 The Heb. lacks cease

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