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Lord of hosts,[a]
    how long will you be angry
    at your people’s prayers?
You have fed them with the bread of tears
    and made them drink tears beyond measure.
You have made us an object of contention to our neighbors,
    a source of mockery to our enemies.

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  1. Psalm 80:5 Lord of hosts: see note on Ps 59:6. How long . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.

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