Psalms 80:8
A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
In Context
7God of hosts, restore us: show us the light of your face, so we may be saved.
9in the ground you did clear she struck root, and she filled all the land.
Cross References
Joshua 13:6with everyone who lives in the highlands from Lebanon to Misrephoth-maim, all the Sidonians, whom I will evict before the Israelites, while you must allot this country to Israel as its inheritance, as I command you.
Psalms 44:2uprooting and crushing the nations, then planting and settling them. For it wasn’t their own sword that won them the land,
Psalms 78:55He drove out the nations before them, and allotted their land for possession, and their tents for Israel to live in.
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 →