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Psalm 80:12 KJV

Psalms · chapter 80 · verse 12

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?Psalm 80:12 · King James Version

Psalm 80:12 in context

10The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.

11She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.

12Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

13The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.

14Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine;

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Commentary

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 (Psa 80:8, Psa 80:14) and a vineyard, Psa 80:15. The root of this vine is Christ, Rom 11:18.

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-19

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