Psalms Chapter 79 verse 4 Holy Bible
We are become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to them that are round about us.
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We are looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and made sport of by those who are round us.
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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision to them that are round about us.
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We are become a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision to them that are round about us.
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, a scorn and derision to them that are around us.
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We have become a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and derision to those who are around us.
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We have been a reproach to our neighbours, A scorn and a derision to our surrounders.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - We are become a reproach to our neighbours (comp. Psalm 44:13; Lamentations 2:15; Lamentations 5:1. The "neighbours" intended are the nations in the vicinity of the Holy Land - the Syrians, Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, etc. Their attitude towards Israel under the circumstances may be gathered from what is related of the Edomites in Psalm 137:7. A scorn and derision to them that are round about us. It was not so much the "reproaches" of their enemies that vexed and grieved Israel, as the jeers and scoffs which they heard on every side (comp. Lamentations 1:7, 20; Lamentations 2:15; Lamentations 3:62, 63).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) This verse occurs Psalm 44:13. Also possibly a Maccabaean psalm. (See Introduction to that psalm.)The scenes still witnessed by travellers at the Jews' wailing-place offer a striking illustration of the foregoing verses, showing, as they do, how deep-seated is the love of an ancient place in the Oriental mind. (See a striking description in Porter's Giant Cities of Bashan.)
