Psalms 80:8-11

80:8

vine <01612> [a vine.]

drove <01644> [thou hast cast.]

This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.

80:9

cleared <06437> [preparedst.]

root <08328> [to take.]

filled <04390> [and it.]

80:10

highest cedars <0730 0410> [goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God.]

80:11

Psalms 80:15

80:15

root <03657> [vineyard.]

shoot <01121> [the branch.]

Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."