English Standard Version
Psalms 80:9
9You cleared the ground for it; it took deep root and filled the land.
Psalms 80:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
- New International Version (NIV)You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You prepared room for it, And caused it to take deep root, And it filled the land.
- New Living Translation (NLT)You cleared the ground for us, and we took root and filled the land.
Context of Psalms 80:9
7Restore us, O God of hosts; let your face shine, that we may be saved! 8You brought a vine out of Egypt; you drove out the nations and planted it. You 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. 11It sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.
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פִּנִּ֥יתָ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 80:9
- Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took possession of the fruit of the peoples' toil,
- Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets before you, which shall drive out the Hivites, the Canaanites, and the Hittites from before you.
- Joshua 23:13know for certain that the Lord your God will no longer drive out these nations before you, but they shall be a snare and a trap for you, a whip on your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good ground that the Lord your God has given you.
- Joshua 24:12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out before you, the two kings of the Amorites; it was not by your sword or by your bow.
- Nehemiah 9:22"And you gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner. So they took possession of the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Isaiah 27:6In days to come Jacob shall take root, Israel shall blossom and put forth shoots and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Isaiah 37:31And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward.
- Jeremiah 12:2You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
- 1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were as many as the sand by the sea. They ate and drank and were happy.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5And Joab gave the sum of the numbering of the people to David. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, and in Judah 470,000 who drew the sword.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23David did not count those below twenty years of age, for the Lord had promised to make Israel as many as the stars of heaven.
Commentaries on Psalms 80:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Thou preparedst - before it - 3. When the ground is properly cleared, then it is well digged and manured, and the vines are placed in the ground at proper distances, etc. So when God had cast out the heathen, he caused the land to be divided by lot to the different tribes, and then to the several families of which these tribes were composed. And didst cause it to take deep root - 4. By sheltering, propping up, and loosening the ground about the tender…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Thou preparedst room before it - The Hebrew word used here means properly to turn; to turn the back; then, to turn in order to look at anything; to look upon; to see; then, in Piel, to cause to turn away; to remove. Then it comes to mean to remove, or to clear from impediments so as to prepare a way Isaiah 40:3; Isaiah 57:14; Isaiah 62:10; Malachi 3:1, and hence, to remove the impediments to planting a vine, etc.; to wit, by clearing away the trees…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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