Psalms 80:9
You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
World English Bible
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
8You brought a vine out of Egypt. You drove out the nations, and planted it.
10The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
Cross References
Exodus 23:28I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you.
Joshua 24:12I sent the hornet before you, which drove them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; not with your sword, nor with your bow.
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
1 Chronicles 21:5Joab gave the sum of the census of the people to David. All those of Israel were one million one hundred thousand men who drew a sword; and in Judah were four hundred seventy thousand men who drew a sword.
Nehemiah 9:22Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to 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 105:44He gave them the lands of the nations. 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 →