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8Thou hast brought{H8686)} a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out{H8762)} the heathen, and planted{H8799)} it.
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How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
And it grew, and became a spreading vine of low stature, whose branches turned toward him, and the roots thereof were under him: so it became a vine, and brought forth branches, and shot forth sprigs.
Many pastors have destroyed my vineyard, they have trodden my portion under foot, they have made my pleasant portion a desolate wilderness.
Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-19)The psalmist is here presenting his suit for the Israel of God, and pressing it home at the throne of grace, pleading with God for mercy and grace for them. The church is here represented as a vine ( Ps. 80:8 , 14 ) and a vineyard, Ps. 80:15. The root of this vine is Christ, Rom. 11:18. The branches are believers, John 15:5. The church is like a vine, weak and needing support, unsightly and having…
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