Psalms 80:11-12

80:11 Its branches reached the Mediterranean Sea,

and its shoots the Euphrates River.

80:12 Why did you break down its walls,

so that all who pass by pluck its fruit?


tn Heb “to [the] sea.” The “sea” refers here to the Mediterranean Sea.

tn Heb “to [the] river.” The “river” is the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia. Israel expanded both to the west and to the east.

sn The protective walls of the metaphorical vineyard are in view here (see Isa 5:5).

tn Heb “pluck it.”