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Psalms 80:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— You removed a vine from Egypt; You drove out the nations and planted it.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt: Thou didst drive out the nations, and plantedst it.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Thou broughtest a vine out of Egypt; thou didst cast out the nations, and plant it:
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— A vine out of Egypt, thou didst remove, Thou didst cast out nations, and plant it;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— A vine out of Egypt Thou dost bring, Thou dost cast out nations, and plantest it.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Thou hast brought a vineyard out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the Gentiles and planted it.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Thou hast transplanted a vine out of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Thou hast brought a vine out of Mitzrayim: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Thou hast brought 5265
{5265} Prime
נָסַע
naca`
{naw-sah'}
A primitive root; properly to pull up, especially the tent pins, that is, start on a journey.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
a vine 1612
{1612} Prime
גֶּפֶן
gephen
{gheh'-fen}
From an unused root meaning to bend; a vine (as twining), especially the grape.
out of Mixrayim מִצרַיִם: 4714
{4714} Prime
מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrayim
{mits-rah'-yim}
Dual of H4693; Mitsrajim, that is, Upper and Lower Egypt.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
thou hast cast out 1644
{1644} Prime
גּרשׁ
garash
{gaw-rash'}
A primitive root; to drive out from a possession; especially to expatriate or divorce.
z8762
<8762> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 2447
the heathen, 1471
{1471} Prime
גּוֹי
gowy
{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
and planted 5193
{5193} Prime
נָטַע
nata`
{naw-tah'}
A primitive root; properly to strike in, that is, fix; specifically to plant (literally or figuratively).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 80:8-11

_ _ brought — or, “plucked up,” as by roots, to be replanted.

_ _ a vine — (Psalms 78:47). The figure (Isaiah 16:8) represents the flourishing state of Israel, as predicted (Genesis 28:14), and verified (1 Kings 4:20-25).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

Psalms 80:8-19

_ _ The psalmist is here presenting his suit for the Israel of God, and pressing it home at the throne of grace, pleading with God for mercy and grace for them. The church is here represented as a vine (Psalms 80:8, Psalms 80:14) and a vineyard, Psalms 80:15. The root of this vine is Christ, Romans 11:18. The branches are believers, John 15:5. The church is like a vine, weak and needing support, unsightly and having an unpromising outside, but spreading and fruitful, and its fruit most excellent. The church is a choice and noble vine; we have reason to acknowledge the goodness of God that he has planted such a vine in the wilderness of this world, and preserved it to this day. Now observe here,

_ _ I. How the vine of the Old Testament church was planted at first. It was brought out of Egypt with a high hand; the heathen were cast out of Canaan to make room for it, seven nations to make room for that one. Thou didst sweep before it (so some read Psalms 80:9), to make clear work; the nations were swept away as dirt with the besom of destruction. God, having made room for it, and planted it, cause it to take deep root by a happy establishment of their government both in church and state, which was so firm that, though their neighbours about them often attempted it, they could not prevail to pluck it up.

_ _ II. How it spread and flourished. 1. The land of Canaan itself was fully peopled. At first they were not so numerous as to replenish it, Exodus 23:29. But in Solomon's time Judah and Israel were many as the sand of the sea; the land was filled with them, and yet such a fruitful land that it was not over-stocked, Psalms 80:10. The hills of Canaan were covered with their shadow, and the branches, though they extended themselves far, like those of the vine, yet were not weak like them, but as strong as those of the goodly cedars. Israel not only had abundance of men, but those mighty men of valour. 2. They extended their conquests and dominion to the neighbouring countries (Psalms 80:11): She sent out her boughs to the sea, the great sea westward, and her branches to the river, to the river of Egypt southward, the river of Damascus northward, or rather the river Euphrates eastward, Genesis 15:18. Nebuchadnezzar's greatness is represented by a flourishing tree, Daniel 4:20, Daniel 4:21. But it is observable here concerning this vine that it is praised for its shadow, its boughs, and its branches, but not a word of its fruit, for Israel was an empty vine, Hosea 10:1. God came looking for grapes, but, behold, wild grapes, Isaiah 5:2. And, if a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree so useless, so worthless, Ezekiel 15:2, Ezekiel 15:6.

_ _ III. How it was wasted and ruined: “Lord, thou hast done great things for this vine, and why shall it be all undone again? If it were a plant not of God's planting, it were not strange to see it rooted up; but will God desert and abandon that which he himself gave being to?” Psalms 80:12. Why hast thou then broken down her hedges? There was a good reason for this change in God's way towards them. This noble vine had become the degenerate plant of a strange vine (Jeremiah 2:21), to the reproach of its great owner, and then no marvel if he took away its hedge (Isaiah 5:5); yet God's former favours to this vine are urged as pleas in prayer to God, and improved as encouragements to faith, that, notwithstanding all this, God would not wholly cast them off. Observe, 1. The malice and enmity of the Gentile nations against Israel. As soon as ever God broke down their hedges and left them exposed troops of enemies presently broke in upon them, that waited for an opportunity to destroy them. Those that passed by the way plucked at them; the board out of the wood and the wild beast of the field were ready to ravage it, Psalms 80:13. But, 2. See also the restraint which these cruel enemies were under; for till God had broken down their hedges they could not pluck a leaf of this vine. The devil could not hurt Job so long as God continued the hedge round about him, Job 1:10. See how much it is the interest of any people to keep themselves in the favour of God and then they need not fear any wild beast of the field, Job 5:23. If we provoke God to withdraw, our defence has departed from us, and we are undone. The deplorable state of Israel is described (Psalms 80:16): It is burnt with fire; it is cut down; the people are treated like thorns and briers, that are nigh unto cursing and whose end is to be burned, and no longer like vines that are protected and cherished. They perish not through the rage of the wild beast and the boar, but at the rebuke of thy countenance; that was it which they dreaded and to which they attributed all their calamities. It is well or ill with us according as we are under God's smiles or frowns.

_ _ IV. What their requests were to God hereupon. 1. That God would help the vine (Psalms 80:14, Psalms 80:15), that he would graciously take cognizance of its case and do for it as he thought fit: “Return, we beseech thee, O Lord of hosts! for thou hast seemed to go away from us. Look down from heaven, to which thou hast retired, — from heaven, that place of prospect, whence thou seest all the wrongs that are done us, that place of power, whence thou canst send effectual relief, — from heaven, where thou hast prepared thy throne of judgment, to which we appeal, and where thou hast prepared a better country for those that are Israelites indeed, — thence give a gracious look, thence make a gracious visit, to this vine. Take our woeful condition into thy compassionate consideration, and for the particular fruits of thy pity we refer ourselves to thee. Only behold the vineyard, or rather the root, which thy right hand hath planted, and which therefore we hope thy right hand will protect, that branch which thou madest strong for thyself, to show forth thy praise (Isaiah 43:21), that with the fruit of it thou mightest be honoured. Lord, it is formed by thyself and for thyself, and therefore it may with a humble confidence be committed to thyself and to thy own care.” As for God, his work is perfect. What we read the branch in the Hebrew is the son (Ben), whom in thy counsel thou hast made strong for thyself. That branch was to come out of the stock of Israel (my servant the branch, Zechariah 3:8), and therefore, till he should come, Israel in general, and the house of David in particular, must be preserved, and upheld, and kept in being. He is the true vine, John 15:1; Isaiah 11:1. Destroy it not for that blessing is in it, Isaiah 65:8. 2. That he would help the vine-dresser (Psalms 80:17, Psalms 80:18): “Let thy hand be upon the man of thy right hand,” that king (whoever it was) of the house of David that was now to go in and out before them; “let they hand be upon him, not only to protect and cover him, but to own him, and strengthen him, and give him success.” We have this phrase, Ezra 7:28, And I was strengthened as the hand of the Lord my God was upon me. Their king is called the man of God's right hand as he was the representative of their state, which was dear to God, as his Benjamin, the son of his right hand, as he was president in their affairs and an instrument in God's right hand of much good to them, defending them from themselves and from their enemies and directing them in the right way, and as he was under-shepherd under him who was the great shepherd of Israel. Princes, who have power, must remember that they are sons of men, of Adam (so the word is), that, if they are strong, it is God that has made them strong, and he has made them so for himself, for they are his ministers to serve the interests of his kingdom among men, and, if they do this in sincerity, his hand shall be upon them; and we should pray in faith that it may be so, adding this promise, that, if God will adhere to our governors, we will adhere to him: So will not we go back from thee; we will never desert a cause which we see that God espouses and is the patron of. Let God be our leader and we will follow him. Adding also this prayer, “Quicken us, put life into us, revive our dying interests, revive our drooping spirits, and then we will call upon thy name. We will continue to do so upon all occasions, having found it not in vain to do so.” We cannot call upon God's name in a right manner unless he quicken us; but it is he that puts life into our souls, that puts liveliness into our prayers. But many interpreters, both Jewish and Christian, apply this to the Messiah, the Son of David, the protector and Saviour of the church and the keeper of the vineyard. (1.) He is the man of God's right hand, to whom he has sworn by his right hand (so the Chaldee), whom he has exalted to his right hand, and who is indeed his right hand, the arm of the Lord, for all power is given to him. (2.) He is that son of man whom he made strong for himself, for the glorifying of his name and the advancing of the interests of his kingdom among men. (3.) God's hand is upon him throughout his whole undertaking, to bear him out and carry him on, to protect and animate him, that the good pleasure of the Lord might prosper in his hand. (4.) The stability and constancy of believers are entirely owing to the grace and strength which are laid up for us in Jesus Christ, Psalms 68:28. In him is our strength found, by which we are enabled to persevere to the end. Let thy hand be upon him; on him let our help be laid who is mighty; let him be made able to save to the uttermost and that will be our security; so will not we go back from thee.

_ _ Lastly, The psalm concludes with the same petition that had been put up twice before, and yet it is no vain repetition (Psalms 80:19): Turn us again. The title given to God rises, Psalms 80:3, O God! Psalms 80:7, O God of hosts! Psalms 80:19, O Lord (Jehovah) God of hosts! When we come to God for his grace, his good-will towards us and his good work in us, we should pray earnestly, continue instant in prayer, and pray more earnestly.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 80:8

Thou hast brought a (g) vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.

(g) Seeing that from your mercy you have made us a most dear possession to you, and we through our sins are made open for wild beasts to devour us, declare again my love and finish the work that you have begun.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
a vine:

Isaiah 5:1-7 Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: ... For the vineyard of the LORD of hosts [is] the house of Israel, and the men of Judah his pleasant plant: and he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; for righteousness, but behold a cry.
Isaiah 27:2-3 In that day sing ye unto her, A vineyard of red wine. ... I the LORD do keep it; I will water it every moment: lest [any] hurt it, I will keep it night and day.
Jeremiah 2:21 Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
Ezekiel 15:6 Therefore 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.
Ezekiel 17:6 And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Ezekiel 19:10 Thy mother [is] like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
Matthew 21:33-41 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: ... They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
John 15:1-8 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. ... Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

thou hast cast:

Psalms 44:2 [How] thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; [how] thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Psalms 78:55 He cast out the heathen also before them, and divided them an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.
Jeremiah 18:9-10 And [at what] instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant [it]; ... If it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then I will repent of the good, wherewith I said I would benefit them.
; This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers. See the parallel passages.
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Ps 44:2; 78:55. Is 5:1; 27:2. Jr 2:21; 18:9. Ezk 15:6; 17:6; 19:10. Mt 21:33. Jn 15:1.

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