Bible Strands
Psalms 80:10
The mountains were covered by its shade, and the mighty cedars with its branches.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God regarding a planted entity that filled the land after the ground was cleared. This description occurs within a communal plea for divine intervention following national distress.
The words — כָּסּ֣וּ (ka.Su) means "they were covered," and אַֽרְזֵי (ʾar.ze) translates to "cedars." These terms establish the physical scale of the shade and branches described.
The thread — The cedar imagery parallels Psalms 104:16, where the cedars of Lebanon are noted as trees planted by God. The expansive growth motif continues in Psalms 80:11 with branches reaching the Sea and shoots toward the River.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of a provided reality before any request for restoration. It requires the reader to observe the described dimensions of the planted object without adding theological assumptions.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
Cross-references
- Psalms 104:16 The trees of the LORD have their fill, the cedars of Lebanon that He planted,