The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
The hills were covered with the shadow of it. "The hills" are the mountains on the Canaan, the hill country of Judah, in its southernmost part; originally the hill country of the Amorites, which first met those entering Canaan from the south as a stone barrier. So in Psalms 75:7, margin, 'the desert' is put for the south boundary.
And the boughs thereof (were like) the, goodly cedars - Hebrew, 'the cedars of God.' Translate the whole clause, and with its boughs the goodly cedars (were covered).' The English version would be an unnatural comparison as the boughs of the vine could hardly be compared to the tall and goodly cedars. The sense is, the whole land-north, south, east, and west-was occupied by the people of Israel. As "the hills" mark the southern boundary of the Holy Land; so 'the cedars of God' - i:e., "the goodly cedars" of Lebanon-mark the northern boundary (Psalms 29:5; Psalms 92:12; Psalms 104:16). So Lebanon on the north, and "the wilderness" of Kadesh on the south are contrasted in Psalms 29:1-11: