Psalms 80 · Verse 9

Psalms 80:9

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Psalms 80:9, King James Version

Psalms 80:9 in other translations

BSBYou cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
WEBYou cleared the ground for it. It took deep root, and filled the land.
ASVThou preparedst room before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land.
YLTThou hast looked before it, and dost root it, And it filleth the land,
DARBYThou preparedst space before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land;
BBEYou made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.
WebsterThou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

What does Psalms 80:9 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 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, etc. 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. 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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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 80:9 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.

פִּנִּ֥יתָpi.Ni.tayou made clearH6437
לְפָנֶ֑יהָle.fa.Nei.ha<to> before itH6440
וַתַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁva.tash.Reshand it took rootH8327
שָׁ֝רָשֶׁ֗יהָSha.ra.Shei.haroots itsH8328
וַתְּמַלֵּא\־va.te.ma.le'-and it filledH4390
אָֽרֶץ\׃'A.retz[the] landH776

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Cross references for Psalms 80:9

  • Joshua 24:12

    And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

  • Isaiah 27:6

    He shall cause them that come of Jacob to take root: Israel shall blossom and bud, and fill the face of the world with fruit.

  • Exodus 23:28-30

    And I will send hornets before thee, which shall drive out the Hivite, the Canaanite, and the Hittite, from before thee. I will not drive them out from before thee in one year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee. By little and little I will drive them out from before thee, until thou be increased, and inherit the land.

  • Jeremiah 12:2

    Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.

  • Joshua 23:13-15

    Know for a certainty that the Lord your God will no more drive out any of these nations from before you; but they shall be snares and traps unto you, and scourges in your sides, and thorns in your eyes, until ye perish from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you. And, behold, this day I am going the way of all the earth: and ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof. Therefore it shall come to pass, that as all good things are come upon you, which the Lord your God promised you; so shall the Lord bring upon you all evil things, until he have destroyed you from off this good land which the Lord your God hath given you.

  • 1 Kings 4:25

    And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, every man under his vine and under his fig tree, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, all the days of Solomon.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:23-24

    But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

  • Psalms 105:44

    And gave them the lands of the heathen: and they inherited the labour of the people;

  • 1 Kings 4:20

    Judah and Israel were many, as the sand which is by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking, and making merry.

  • Isaiah 37:31

    And the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward, and bear fruit upward:

  • 1 Chronicles 21:5

    And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people unto David. And all they of Israel were a thousand thousand and an hundred thousand men that drew sword: and Judah was four hundred threescore and ten thousand men that drew sword.

  • Nehemiah 9:22-25

    Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations, and didst divide them into corners: so they possessed the land of Sihon, and the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan. Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it. So the children went in and possessed the land, and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites, and gavest them into their hands, with their kings, and the people of the land, that they might do with them as they would. And they took strong cities, and a fat land, and possessed houses full of all goods, wells digged, vineyards, and oliveyards, and fruit trees in abundance: so they did eat, and were filled, and became fat, and delighted themselves in thy great goodness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
preparedst.
105:44; Ex 23:28-30; Jos 23:13-15; 24:12; Ne 9:22-25
to take.
Isa 27:6; 37:31; Jer 12:2
and it.
1Ki 4:20,25; 1Ch 21:5; 27:23,24

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Context

  • Psalms 80:8

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

  • 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.

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Psalms 80:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Limpiaste sitio delante de ella, é hiciste arraigar sus raíces, y llenó la tierra.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu as transporté d’Égypte un cep; tu as chassé les nations, et tu l’as planté;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du machtest Raum vor ihm, und er schlug Wurzeln und erfüllte das Land;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Audi, populus meus, et contestabor te. Israël, si audieris me,