Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 80:9
9Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You cleared the ground for it; it took deep 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.
Context of Psalms 80:9
7Turn us again, O God of Armies, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. 11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
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פִּנִּ֥יתָ לְפָנֶ֑יהָ וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָ וַתְּמַלֵּא־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 80:9
- Psalms 105:44And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;
- Exodus 23:28And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
- Joshua 23:13Know for a certainty that Yhwh your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which Yhwh your God hath given you.
- Joshua 24:12And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
- Nehemiah 9:22Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
- Isaiah 27:6He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.
- Isaiah 37:31And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:
- Jeremiah 12:2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
- 1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because Yhwh had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens.
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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