Psalms 80:9
in the ground you did clear she struck root, and she filled all the land.
Open English Bible (US)
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
8A vine out of Egypt you brought; you did drive out the nations, and plant her;
10The shade of her covered the mountains, her branches the cedars of God.
Cross References
Joshua 24:12I sent panic before you to drive out these nations, even the two kings of the Amorites. It was not your sword nor your bow that beat them.
Psalms 105:44And he gave them the lands of the nations, the fruit of their toil for 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 →