Psalms 80:8
A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
In Context
7O God of hosts, bring us back, And light up thy face, That we may be saved.
9Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
Cross References
Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill country, from the Lebanon as far as Misrephoth-maim—all the Zidonians, I myself, will dispossess them from before the sons of Israel,—nevertheless, assign thou it by lot unto Israel, for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Psalms 44:2Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
Psalms 78:55So he drave out, before them, [whole] nations, And allotted them, by line, an inheritance, And caused to dwell, in their own homes, the tribes of Israel.
Isaiah 27:2In that day, A Wine-Vineyard! sing ye unto her:
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds, have laid waste my vineyard, They have trampled down my portion,—They have turned my coveted portion into a desert of desolation:
Ezekiel 15:6Therefore, Thus, saith My Lord Yahweh, As a vine-tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given up to the fire for fuel, so have I given up 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 →