80:8 You uprooted a vine 1 from Egypt;
you drove out nations and transplanted it.
80:9 You cleared the ground for it; 2
it took root, 3
and filled the land.
[80:8] 1 sn The vine is here a metaphor for Israel (see Ezek 17:6-10; Hos 10:1).
[80:9] 2 tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”
[80:9] 3 tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”
