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Instead of bread and water,
    you gave your people tears.
You made us the target of everyone’s hatred.
    Our enemies make fun of us.
God All-Powerful, accept us again.
    Smile down on us and save us!

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You have fed them with the bread of tears;(A)
    you have made them drink tears by the bowlful.(B)
You have made us an object of derision[a] to our neighbors,
    and our enemies mock us.(C)

Restore us, God Almighty;
    make your face shine on us,
    that we may be saved.(D)

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Footnotes

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