Psalms 80:8-16

80:8

vine <01612> [a vine.]

drove <01644> [thou hast cast.]

This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers: see the Parallel Passages.

80:9

cleared <06437> [preparedst.]

root <08328> [to take.]

filled <04390> [and it.]

80:10

highest cedars <0730 0410> [goodly cedars. Heb. cedars of God.]

80:11

80:12

break down <06555> [broken.]

80:13

boars <02386> [The boar.]

This wild boar, {chazir,} is the parent stock of our domestic hog. He is much smaller, but stronger, and more undaunted, colour, an iron grey inclining to black; snout, longer than that of the common breed: ears comparatively short; tusks, very formidable; and habits, fierce and savage. He is particularly destructive to corn-fields and vineyards.

80:14

back <07725> [Return.]

Look <05027> [look down.]

80:15

root <03657> [vineyard.]

shoot <01121> [the branch.]

Or, "the Son," {ben,} or as 18 MSS., LXX., Vulgate, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic read, {ben adam,} "Son of man;" which the Targumist renders {makla mesheecha,} "the King Messiah."

80:16

burned <08313> [burned.]

die <06> [perish.]