Psalms 80:9
Thou prepared [place] before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
In Context
8Thou brought a vine out of Egypt. Thou drove out the nations, and planted it.
10The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs of it were [like] cedars of God.
Cross References
Exodus 23:28And I will send the hornet before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Joshua 24:12And I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites, not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were as many as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
1 Chronicles 21:5And Joab gave up the sum of the numbering of the people to David. And all those of Israel were a million and a hundred thousand men who drew a sword. And Judah was four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
Nehemiah 9:22Moreover thou gave them kingdoms and peoples, which thou allotted after their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, and they took the labor of the peoples in possession,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 80:9-19
The Desolated Vine. 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… Read the whole commentary →