Psalms 80 · Verse 10

Psalms 80:10

The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

Psalms 80:10, King James Version

Psalms 80:10 in other translations

BSB	The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
WEB	The mountains were covered with its shadow. Its boughs were like God’s cedars.
ASV	The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like cedars of God.
YLT	Covered have been hills with its shadow, And its boughs are cedars of God.
DARBY	The mountains were covered with its shadow, and the branches thereof were like cedars of God;
BBE	The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.
Webster	The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs were like the goodly cedars.

What does Psalms 80:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 80:8-11

8-11. brought--or, "plucked up," as by roots, to be replanted. a vine--(Psa 78:47). The figure (Is 16:8) represents the flourishing state of Israel, as predicted (Ge 28:14), and verified (1Ki 4:20-25).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 10 The hills were covered - 6. The vine, carefully cultivated in a suitable soil, may be spread to any extent. In the land of Judea it formed shades under which the people not only sheltered and refreshed themselves in times of sultry heats; but it is said they even ate, drank, and dwelt under the shelter of their vines. See 1Kgs 4:25; Mic 4:4; 1 Maccabees 14:12. God so blessed the Jews, particularly in the days of David and Solomon, that all the neighboring nations were subdued - the Syrians, Idumeans, Philistines, Moabites, and Ammonites.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 80:8-16

The church is represented as a vine and a vineyard. The root of this vine is Christ, the branches are believers. The church is like a vine, needing support, but spreading and fruitful. If a vine do not bring forth fruit, no tree is so worthless. And are not we planted as in a well-cultivated garden, with every means of being fruitful in works of righteousness? But the useless leaves of profession, and the empty…

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Psalms 80:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּסּ֣וּka.Suthey were coveredH3680

הָרִ֣יםha.RimmountainsH2022

צִלָּ֑הּtzi.Lahshade itsH6738

וַ֝עֲנָפֶ֗יהָva.'a.na.Fei.haand branches itsH6057

אַֽרְזֵי\־'ar.zei-[the] cedars ofH730

אֵֽל\׃'ElGodH410

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 80:10

Psalms 104:16
The trees of the Lord are full of sap; the cedars of Lebanon, which he hath planted;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God.
104:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Psalms 80:9
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Psalms 80:10
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Psalms 80:11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

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Psalms 80:10 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Los montes fueron cubiertos de su sombra; y sus sarmientos como cedros de Dios.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Tu as préparé une place devant lui, il a poussé des racines, et a rempli le pays.
German Elberfelder 1871	Die Berge wurden bedeckt von seinem Schatten, und seine Äste waren gleich Cedern Gottes;
Latin Clementine Vulgate	non erit in te deus recens, neque adorabis deum alienum.