Psalm 80:9

Translations

Modern

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

Traditional

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

Literal

You cleared before her face and let her root take root, and she filled the land.

Latin

Dux itineris fuisti in conspectu ejus; plantasti radices ejus, et implevit terram.

Original

Hebrew

English

You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.

Notes

Psalms 80:8–9

Israel had been like a fruitful grapevine (Genesis 1:28; Galatians 5:22–23) that God transplanted to Canaan at the time of the conquest. However, the people forgot the source of their prosperity and chose to do evil (Isaiah 5:1–7; Hosea 10:1).

Psalms 80:8–11

Israel has a glorious past that began when God rescued the people from Egypt.

Psalms 80:1–19

This psalm of lament may come from the remnant (the small group that survived) of the northern kingdom after it fell in 722 BC. The people call on God as their Shepherd and as the God of Hosts (a title that describes God as the ruler over the armies of heaven). They hope that he will return to them and restore them.

They remember the Exodus and their special relationship with the Lord. The psalm ends with a promise of renewed commitment to him (Psalm 80:18).

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Presence in the Psalms Salvation in the Psalms

Related verses

Joshua 24:12
I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
Isaiah 27:6
In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
Exodus 23:28–30
I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
1 Kings 4:20
The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
1 Chronicles 27:23–24
David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
Nehemiah 9:22–25
You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
Psalm 105:44
He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,
1 Kings 4:25
Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
Jeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Isaiah 37:31
And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above.
1 Chronicles 21:5
And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
Joshua 23:13–15
…know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.

Glossary

Asaph Branch Imprecatory Psalms Music Presence of God Psalms, Book of Shoshannim, Shoshannim-Eduth

Topics

Church: Backslidden Grape: Parables of the Vine Parables of a Vine of Egypt Vine: Parables of

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