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Psalms 80:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Psalms 80:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 80:8

Theological / Devotional

Thou hast brought. The psalmist now describes Israel as it was and as it is now, under the figure of a vine. The description is carried out with great beauty and pathos (vs. 8–19).

Vine. Employed frequently as a figure of Israel (see Isa. 5:1–7; Hosea 10:1). At the entrance to the Temple in Jesus’ time a vine wrought of gold and silver represented Israel as a fruitful and flourishing vine (cf. John 15:1–5).

Hast cast out. God dispossessed the nations of Palestine for their sin and permitted Israel to inherit their lands (see Ex. 3:8 ; 33:2).

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