Psalms 80:8
Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
In Context
7Turn us again, O God of hosts, and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
9Thou prepared [place] before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
Cross References
Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill-country from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, even all the Sidonians. I will drive them out from before the sons of Israel, only allot thou it to Israel for an inheritance as I have commanded thee.
Psalms 44:2Thou drove out the nations with thy hand, but thou planted them. Thou afflicted the peoples, but thou spread them abroad.
Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Isaiah 27:2In that day [is] a vineyard of wine. Sing ye to it.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard. They have trodden my portion under foot. They have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Ezekiel 15:6Therefore thus says lord LORD: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:2-8
Mournful Complaints. 1 Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. 2 Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. 3 Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 4 O Lord God of hosts, how long wilt thou be angry against the prayer of thy people? 5 Thou feedest them with the bread of tears; and givest them tears to drink in great measure. 6 Thou makest us a strife… Read the whole commentary →