How long, Lord God Almighty,
    will your anger smoulder
    against the prayers of your people?
You have fed them with the bread of tears;
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.
You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbours,
    and our enemies mock us.

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Footnotes

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

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