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Psalms 80:9
You cleared the ground for it, and it took root and filled the land.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses God, recounting the divine act of clearing foreign territory to transplant the vine of Israel. This declaration follows the description of God driving out nations and precedes the imagery of the vine's expansive growth.
The words — The Hebrew פִּנִּ֥יתָ (pi.Ni.ta) means "you made clear," describing the removal of obstacles. It is paired with תַּשְׁרֵ֥שׁ (tash.Resh), "it took root," marking the transition from preparation to establishment.
The thread — This pattern of divine clearing and subsequent growth echoes the hornet sent ahead in Exodus 23:28 and Joshua 24:12, while the imagery of taking root and filling the land anticipates Isaiah 27:6.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that Israel's expansion and stability depend entirely on God's prior intervention, not human effort. It requires the reader to trace present fruitfulness back to past divine action.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Cross-references
- Joshua 24:12 I sent the hornet ahead of you, and it drove out the two Amorite kings before you, but not by your own sword or bow.
- Exodus 23:28 I will send the hornet before you to drive the Hivites and Canaanites and Hittites out of your way.
- Isaiah 27:6 In the days to come, Jacob will take root. Israel will bud and blossom and fill the whole world with fruit.
- Joshua 23:13 know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and thorns in your eyes, until you perish from this good land that the LORD your God has given you.
- 1 Kings 4:20 The people of Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand on the seashore, and they were eating and drinking and rejoicing.
- 1 Kings 4:25 Throughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 1 Chronicles 21:5 And Joab reported to David the total number of the troops. In all Israel there were 1,100,000 men who drew the sword, including 470,000 in Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 27:23 David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.
- Nehemiah 9:22 You gave them kingdoms and peoples and allotted to them every corner of the land. So they took the land of Sihon king of Heshbon and of Og king of Bashan.
- Psalms 105:44 He gave them the lands of the nations, that they might inherit the fruit of others’ labor,