Psalms 80:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. ”

Psalms 80:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou preparedst room before it - The Hebrew word used here means properly to turn; to turn the back; then, to turn in order to look at anything; to look upon; to see; then, in Piel, to cause to t...
Psalms 80:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXX. Then and Now. The Messianic Hope. The Ps. depicts Judah's forlorn condition, first directly ( Psalms 80:1-7 ) and then under the figure of a vine ( Psalms 80:8-19 ). It is divided into stroph...
Psalms 80:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Thou preparedst - before it - 3. When the ground is properly cleared, then it is well digged and manu...
Psalms 80:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Thou preparedst (room) before it - `Thou hast cleared out a place before it.' It answers to Isai...
Psalms 80:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This Ps. is an appeal to God to save His people from the adversities that have come upon them, and have made them the laughing stock of their enemies ( Psalms 80:1-7 ). Their past history is recalled...
Psalms 80:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou preparedst room. — The reference is, of course, to the casting out of the heathen in Psalms 80:8 . Didst cause ... — Rather, it struck its roots deep; literally, rooted its roots.
Psalms 80:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 80:1-19 THIS psalm is a monument of some time of great national calamity; but its allusions do not enable us to reach certainty as to what that calamity was. Two striking features of it hav...
Psalms 80:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Cause Thy Face to Shine” Psalms 80:8-19 The imagery of the vine is taken from Jacob's dying words, in which he compared Joseph to a fruitful bough which had grown over the wall, Genesis 49:22...
Psalms 80:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Again we have a song out of the midst of distress. There is far more light and colour about it than in the previous one. The circumstances do not seem to be any more favourable than those described b...
Psalms 80:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If we read this in allusion, first, to the old church dispensation, and then again spiritually to the new, and the Holy Ghost condescends to be our teacher, we shall find rich instruction in the beau...
Psalms 80:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou preparedst room before it ,.... By sending the hornet before the Israelites, and driving the Canaanites out of the land, Exodus 23:28 and so the Targum, "thou didst remove from before thee...
Psalms 80:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. Ver. 9. Thou preparedst room before it ] Espying out a fit place to plant it in, Ezekiel 20:6 , and...
Psalms 80:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt Israel, or the church of God, is often compared to a vine: see Isaiah 5:2 ; Jeremiah 2:21 ; Ezekiel 17:6 ; Matthew 21:33 . He alludes to the custom of tran...
Psalms 80:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Desolated Vine. 8 Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 9 Thou p...
Psalms 80:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou preparedst room; or, didst purge or cleanse the soil; taking out stones or sticks, or other roots or plants, which might hinder its growth or fruitfulness. Thou didst root out those idolatrous...
Psalms 80:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth .” On “ Shoshannim ” see Introduction to Psalms 45 . Probably “Shoshannim—Eduth” denotes “the melody or air ‘after’ or ‘...
Psalms 80:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 80:1-3 . Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy st...
Psalms 80:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Though we know not the occasion on which this song was composed, yet as the tribes still inhabited the land, it probably was written on the same occasion as the preseding, and prays for the same salv...
Psalms 80:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock. The Almighty in relation to erring man I. As a shepherd ( Psalms 80:1 ). 1. His flock indicated. “Joseph” may stand for...
Psalms 80:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A PSALM in which the writer entreats God to restore his favour once more to Israel, and especially to the ten tribes, who are in affliction, and in danger of perishing ( Psalms 80:1...
Psalms 80:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prayer for the Deliverance of the Church. To the chief musician upon Shoshannim-Eduth, to be rendered in public worship according to the melody "Lilies a Testimony," a psalm of Asaph, the hymn ref...
Psalms 80:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 21:5 ; 1 Chronicles 27:23 ; 1 Chronicles 27:24 ; 1 Kings 4:20 ; 1 Kings 4:25 ; Exodus 23:28-30 ; Isaiah 27:6 ; Isaiah 37:31 ; Jeremiah 12:2 ; Joshua 23:13-15 ; Joshua 24:12 ;...
Psalms 80:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Preparedst — Thou didst root out the idolatrous nations. Deep root — Thou gavest them a firm settlement.

Psalms 80:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 80:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 80:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 80:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 80:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 80:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 80:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 80:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 80:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 80:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes