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O LORD God of the hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?

Thou dost feed them with the bread of tears and give them tears to drink in great measure.

Thou dost make us a strife unto our neighbours, and our enemies laugh at us among themselves.

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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