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You uprooted a vine[a] from Egypt;
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
You cleared the ground for it;[b]
it took root,[c]
and filled the land.
10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars[d] by its branches.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:8 sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).
  2. Psalm 80:9 tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”
  3. Psalm 80:9 tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”
  4. Psalm 80:10 tn Heb “cedars of God.” The divine name אֵל (ʾel, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.