# Psalms 80.4

<!-- type: passage | created: 2026-06-01 | updated: 2026-06-01 -->

**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up thy might, And come to save us. 3. Turn us again, O God; And cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
>
> **4. O Jehovah God of hosts, How long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people?**
>
> 5. Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, And given them tears to drink in large measure. 6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbors; And our enemies laugh among themselves. (Psalms 80:2-6, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up your might! Come to save us! 3. Turn us again, God. Cause your face to shine, and we will be saved.
>
> **4. Yahweh God of Armies, How long will you be angry against the prayer of your people?**
>
> 5. You have fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure. 6. You make us a source of contention to our neighbors. Our enemies laugh among themselves. (Psalms 80:2-6, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 2. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. <sup>come: Heb. come for salvation to us</sup> 3. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.
>
> **4. O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? <sup>be: Heb. smoke</sup>**
>
> 5. Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6. Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. (Psalms 80:2-6, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 2. Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation. 3. O God, cause us to turn back, And cause Thy face to shine, and we are saved.
>
> **4. Jehovah, God of Hosts, till when? Thou hast burned against the prayer of Thy people.**
>
> 5. Thou hast caused them to eat bread of tears, And causest them to drink With tears a third time. 6. Thou makest us a strife to our neighbours, And our enemies mock at it. (Psalms 80:2-6, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
- **Location:** _TBD_
- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

- _TBD_
- _TBD_
- _TBD_
- _TBD_

<!-- BACKLINKS:START -->
## Quoted in

**Lexicon:**

- [H6635 - tzevaot](/codex/h6635-tzevaot/)

<!-- BACKLINKS:END -->
---

_Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_

## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.