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You have fed us with sorrow and tears and have made us the scorn of the neighboring nations. They laugh among themselves.

Turn us again to yourself, O God of Hosts. Look down on us in joy and love;[a] only then shall we be saved.

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  1. Psalm 80:7 Look down on us in joy and love, literally, “Cause your face to shine upon us.”

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