80:9 You cleared the ground for it; 1
it took root, 2
and filled the land.
80:10 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
the highest cedars 3 by its branches.
[80:9] 1 tn Heb “you cleared away before it.”
[80:9] 2 tn Heb “and it took root [with] its roots.”
[80:10] 3 tn Heb “cedars of God.” The divine name אֵל (’al, “God”) is here used in an idiomatic manner to indicate the superlative.
