Psalms 80:9
Thou didst make a clear space before it, So it rooted well its roots, and filled up the land;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
10Covered were the mountains with its shade, And, with its boughs, the mighty cedars.
Cross References
Exodus 23:28And I will send the hornet, before thee,—and it shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee.
Joshua 24:12And I sent before you the hornet, which drave them out from before you, the two kings of the Amorites,—not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.
1 Kings 4:20Judah and Israel, were many, as the sand that is by the sea, for multitude,—eating and drinking, and rejoicing.
1 Chronicles 21:5And Joab delivered the sum of the number of the people, unto David,—and all Israel was found to be a thousand thousand and a hundred thousand men, who drew sword, and Judah, four hundred and seventy thousand men, who drew sword.
Nehemiah 9:22And thou gavest them kingdoms, and peoples, and allotted to each of them a corner,—and they took possession of the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
Psalms 105:44And gave them, the lands of the nations, And, of the toil of the peoples, took they 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 →