English Standard Version
Psalms 80:8
8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
Psalms 80:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- New International Version (NIV)You transplanted a vine from Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You have brought a vine out of Egypt; You have cast out the nations, and planted it.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You brought us from Egypt like a grapevine; you drove away the pagan nations and transplanted us into your land.
Context of Psalms 80:8
6You make us an object of contention for our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. 9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land. 10The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches.
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גֶּ֭פֶן מִמִּצְרַ֣יִם תַּסִּ֑יעַ תְּגָרֵ֥שׁ גּ֝וֹיִ֗ם וַתִּטָּעֶֽהָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:8
- Isaiah 5:1Let me sing for my beloved my love song concerning his vineyard: My beloved had a vineyard on a very fertile hill.
- Isaiah 27:2In that day, "A pleasant vineyard, sing of it!
- Jeremiah 2:21Yet I planted you a choice vine, wholly of pure seed. How then have you turned degenerate and become a wild vine?
- Ezekiel 15:6Therefore thus says the Lord God: Like the wood of the vine among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so have I given up the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
- Ezekiel 17:6and it sprouted and became a low spreading vine, and its branches turned toward him, and its roots remained where it stood. So it became a vine and produced branches and put out boughs.
- Ezekiel 19:10Your mother was like a vine in a vineyard planted by the water, fruitful and full of branches by reason of abundant water.
- Matthew 21:33"Hear another parable. There was a master of a house who planted a vineyard and put a fence around it and dug a winepress in it and built a tower and leased it to tenants, and went into another country.
- John 15:1"I am the true vine, and my Father is the vinedresser.
- Psalms 44:2you with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free;
- Psalms 78:55He drove out nations before them; he apportioned them for a possession and settled the tribes of Israel in their tents.
- Jeremiah 18:9And if at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will build and plant it,
Commentaries on Psalms 80:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt - This is a most elegant metaphor, and every where well supported. The same similitude is used by Isaiah, Isaiah 5:1, etc.; by Jeremiah, Jeremiah 2:21; by Ezekiel, Ezekiel 17:5, Ezekiel 17:6; by Hosea, Hosea 10:1; by Joel, Joel 1:7; by Moses, Deuteronomy 32:32, Deuteronomy 32:33; and often by our Lord himself, Matthew 20:1, etc.; Matthew 21:33, etc.; Mark 12:1, etc. And this was the ordinary figure to represent the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt - Referring to his people, under the image (which often occurs in the Scriptures) of a vine or vineyard. See the notes at Isaiah 5:1-7. Compare Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 15:6; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:28, Matthew 21:33; Luke 13:6. Thou hast cast out the heathen - The nations; to wit, the nations that occupied the land of Canaan before the children of Israel dwelt there. See Psalm 2:1, note; Psalm 2:8, note; Psalm 77:15…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-16Verses 8-16 The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty boughs of notions and forms…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-9Israel 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).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-118-11. brought--or, "plucked up," as by roots, to be replanted. a vine--(Psa 78:47). The figure (Is 16:8) represents the flourishing state of Israel, as predicted (Ge 28:14), and verified (1Ki 4:20-25).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 80
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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