Psalms 80:8
Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
In Context
7Turn us again, O God of hosts; and cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
9Thou preparedst room before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
Cross References
Joshua 13:6all the inhabitants of the hill country from Lebanon unto Misrephoth-maim, even all the Zidonians; them will I drive out from before the children of Israel: only allot thou it unto Israel for an inheritance, as I have commanded thee.
Psalms 44:2Thou didst drive out the nations with thy hand, and plantedst them in; thou didst afflict the peoples, and didst spread them abroad.
Psalms 78:55He drove out the nations also before them, and allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Isaiah 27:2In that day: A vineyard of wine, sing ye unto it.
Jeremiah 12:10Many shepherds have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Ezekiel 15:6Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD: As the vine tree among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so will I give 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 →