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psalms 80:8-19

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Psalms 80:8-19

King James Version (KJV)

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— D.L. Moody

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8. Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9. Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof [were like] the goodly cedars. 11. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river. 12. Why hast thou [then] broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her? 13. The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it. 14. Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15. And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch [that] thou madest strong for thyself. 16. [It is] burned with fire, [it is] cut down: they perish at the rebuke of thy countenance. 17. Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand, upon the son of man [whom] thou madest strong for thyself. 18. So will not we go back from thee: quicken us, and we will call upon thy name. 19. Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

Psalms 80:8-19 — 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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