a strife&c. An object of contention (Jeremiah 15:10): the petty states round about (Psalms 79:4; Psalms 79:12), Edomites, Arabians, and the like, quarrel among themselves for our territory. Lagarde conjectures that we should read mânôd, shaking(of the head), for mâdôn, strife, as in Psalms 44:14, which would suit the parallelism better.

laugh among themselves Rather, to their heart's content, so, laugh scornfully. Cp. Psalms 79:4.

P.B.V. -laugh usto scorn" follows LXX, Vulg., Jer.

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