You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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You cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
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Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
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(80-10) Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
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Passages linked to Psalms 80:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Joshua 24:12 I 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.
- Exodus 23:28-30 I will send the hornet before you, which will drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before you. I will not drive them out from before you in one year, lest the land become desolate, and the animals of the field multiply against you. Little by little I will drive them out from before you, until you have increased and inherit the land.
- Isaiah 27:6 In days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will blossom and bud. They will fill the surface of the world with fruit.
- Joshua 23:13-15 know for a certainty that Yahweh your God will no longer drive these nations from out of your sight; but they shall be a snare and a trap to you, a scourge in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you. “Behold, today I am going the way of all the earth. You know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one thing has failed of all the good things which Yahweh your God spoke concerning you. All have happened to you. Not one thing has failed of it. It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you,
- 1 Kings 4:20 Judah and Israel were numerous as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and making merry.
- 1 Kings 4:25 Judah and Israel lived safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 Joab gave up 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.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23-24 But David didn’t take the number of them from twenty years old and under, because Yahweh had said he would increase Israel like the stars of the sky. Joab the son of Zeruiah began to take a census, but didn’t finish; and wrath came on Israel for this. The number wasn’t put into the account in the chronicles of king David.
- Nehemiah 9:22-25 Moreover 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. You also multiplied their children as the stars of the sky, and brought them into the land concerning which you said to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. “So the children went in and possessed the land, and you subdued before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gave them into their hands, with their kings and the peoples of the land, that they might do with them as they pleased. They took fortified cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all good things, cisterns dug out, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate, were filled, became fat, and delighted themselves in your great goodness.
- Psalms 105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations. They took the labor of the peoples in possession,
- Isaiah 37:31 The remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah will again take root downward, and bear fruit upward.
- Jeremiah 12:2 You have planted them. Yes, they have taken root. They grow. Yes, they produce fruit. You are near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Psa 80:9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst…
Psa 80:9 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Ver. 9. Thou preparedst room before it] Espying out a fit place to plant it in, Eze 20:6, and making clean work before it, as some render the words ( Expurgasti coram ea), by pulling up those bad and barren weeds, the Canaanites, that might have hindered its growth.
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And didst cause it to take deep root] viz. By thy digging, dressing, watering, and mounding it; as of all possessions, none requireth greater care than that of vineyards, saith Care; and there is a peculiar affection in men toward the vine above all trees, as another observeth.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thou preparedst room; or, didst purge or cleanse the…
Thou preparedst room; or, didst purge or cleanse the soil; taking out stones or sticks, or other roots or plants, which might hinder its growth or fruitfulness. Thou didst root out those idolatrous and wicked nations which might either corrupt or destroy them.
Didst cause it to take deep root; thou gavest them a firm settlement in that land.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The hills were covered with the shadow of it,....…
The hills were covered with the shadow of it,.... Alluding to the land of Canaan, which was a mountainous and hilly country, at least some part of it; hence we read of the hill country of Judea, Luk 1:39 and to the nature of vines, which delight to grow on hills and mountains (p): in a figurative sense this may denote the subjection of kings and kingdoms, comparable to hills, to the Israelites in the times of David and Solomon, Sa2 8:1 and the exaltation of the church of Christ, in the latter day, over the hills and mountains, Isa 2:2. The Targum is,
"the mountains of Jerusalem were covered with the shadow of the house of the sanctuary, and of the houses of the schools:''
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and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars; to these the righteous are compared, Psa 92:13, the Targum is,
"the doctors, the mighty preachers, who are like to the strong cedars:''
the words may be rendered, "the boughs thereof cover the goodly cedars", or "cedars of God" (q); that is, overrun and overtop the goodly cedars; alluding to vines running and growing upon high and goodly trees; and so may denote, as before, the power of Israel over the princes and potentates of the earth, comparable to cedars, the most excellent; as things most excellent have often the name of God added to them; see Psa 104:16.
(p) "Bacchus amat colles----" Virgil Georgic. l. 2. v. 113. (q) "rami ejus cedros Dei", Tigurine version; so Sept. "et ramia ejus cedri Dei", Musculus, Cocceius; "palmitibus ejus cedri altissimae operiebantur", Piscator, De Dieu; "ramis ejus opertae sunt cedri Dei", Michaelis.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Preparedst - Thou didst root out the idolatrous nations.…
Preparedst - Thou didst root out the idolatrous nations. Deep root - Thou gavest them a firm settlement.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Thou preparedst - before it] 3. When…
Verse 9. Thou preparedst - before it] 3. When the ground is properly cleared, then it is well digged and manured, and the vines are placed in the ground at proper distances, c. So when God had cast out the heathen, he caused the land to be divided by lot to the different tribes, and then to the several families of which these tribes were composed.
And didst cause it to take deep root] 4. By sheltering, propping up, and loosening the ground about the tender plants, they are caused to take a deep and firm rooting in the ground. Thus did God, by especial manifestations of his kind providence, support and protect the Israelites in Canaan and by various religious ordinances, and civil institutions, he established them in the land; and, by the ministry of priests and prophets, did every thing necessary to make them morally fruitful.
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It filled the land.] 5. To multiply vines, the gardener cuts off a shoot from the old tree, leaving a joint or knob both at top and bottom; then plants it in proper soil; the lower knob furnishes the roots, and the upper the shoot, which should be carefully trained as it grows, in order to form another vine. By these means one tree will soon form a complete vineyard, and multiply itself to any given quantity. Thus God so carefully, tenderly, and abundantly blessed the Israelites, that they increased and multiplied; and, in process of time, filled the whole land of Canaan. Vines are propagated, not only by cuttings, but by layers, seed, grafting, and inoculation.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Thou preparedst room before it - The Hebrew word…
Thou preparedst room before it - The Hebrew word used here means properly to turn; to turn the back; then, to turn in order to look at anything; to look upon; to see; then, in Piel, to cause to turn away; to remove. Then it comes to mean to remove, or to clear from impediments so as to prepare a way Isa 40:3; Isa 57:14; Isa 62:10; Mal 3:1, and hence, to remove the impediments to planting a vine, etc.; to wit, by clearing away the trees, brush, stones, etc. Compare Isa 5:2. Here it means that the hindrances in planting the vine were taken out of the way; that is, God removed the pagan so that there was room then to establish his own people.
And didst cause it to take deep root - Hebrew, “And didst cause it to root roots;” that is, Its roots struck deep into the soil, and the plant became firm.
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And it filled the land - Its branches ran everywhere, so as to fill the whole land. See the notes at Isa 16:8.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. Thou preparedst room before it—This Hebrew vine came…
9. Thou preparedst room before it—This Hebrew vine came not to an unprepared place. The miracles of Egypt and the wilderness had caused the terror of God to fall upon the corrupt nations, and multitudes had fled from their country. The rest were cast out for their abominations. The Israelites entered the land in the opportune month, the forepart of April, just before harvest, (Jos_3:15; Jos_5:10; Jos_5:12,) and the land was full of supplies. For the force of the word prepare, see Gen_24:31; Isa_40:3; Mal_3:1
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. Thou preparedst room before it] As the vinedresser…
9. Thou preparedst room before it] As the vinedresser prepares the ground for his vine by clearing away the stones and thorns and all that would hinder its free growth (Isa_5:2), so God prepared Canaan for Israel by the expulsion of its old inhabitants.
and didst cause it &c.] Rather, and it struck deep its roots, and filled the land.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) Thou preparedst room.—The reference is, of course, to…
(9) Thou preparedst room.—The reference is, of course, to the casting out of the heathen in Psa_80:8.
Didst cause . . .—Rather, it struck its roots deep; literally, rooted its roots.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou preparest room before it. The "room" was made…
Thou preparest room before it. The "room" was made by the removal of the heathen inhabitants, who were first greatly weakened by Rameses III, and then driven out by Joshua. And didst cause it to take deep root; rather, and it took deep root, as in the Revised Version. And it filled the land. (comp. Deu_11:24 Jos_1:3) Possession was taken of the whole land, not at once, (Jud 1:27-36) but slowly and surely; the furthest limits being reached in David"s time. (1Ki_4:21, 1Ki_4:24)
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain Ver. 9. "Thou preparedst room before it." The weeds,…
Ver. 9. "Thou preparedst room before it." The weeds, brambles, and huge stones were cleared; the Amorites, and their brethren in iniquity, were made to quit the scene, their forces were routed, their kings slain, their cities captures, and Canaan became like a plot of land, made ready for a vineyard.
"And didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land." Israel became settled and established as a vine well rooted, and then it began to flourish and to spread to every side. This analogy might be applied to the experience of every believer in Jesus. The Lord has planted us, we are growing downward, "rooting roots, "and by his grace we are also advancing in manifest enlargement. The same is true of the church in a yet closer degree, for at this moment through the goodwill of the dresser of the vineyard her branches spread far and wide.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Asaph continues speaking of Israel in their land as if Israel were a grapevine in a vineyard. (See: Metaphor)
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You cleared the land for it
"You cleared the land for the vine"
it took root
"the vine took root" or "the vine began to grow"
filled the land
"its branches covered the land"
The mountains were covered with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Its shade covered the mountains, its branches the cedars of God" (See: Active or Passive)
the cedars of God by its branches
"and the cedars of God were covered by its branches," which copies the verb from the previous sentence. This can be stated in active form. AT: "and its branches covered the cedars of God" (See: Ellipsis and Active or Passive)
cedars of God
Possible meanings are 1) "the highest cedar trees," the cedar trees that grew on the "mountains" in the land of Lebanon north of Israel, or 2) "God's own cedar trees."
the sea
the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Israel
shoots
the parts of new plants that are just starting to grow above the ground
translationWords
cedar
send
Euphrates River
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