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Psalms 80:9

The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 80:9

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Thou preparest room before it. The "room" was made by the removal of the heathen inhabitants, who were first greatly weakened by Rameses III; and then driven out by Joshua. And didst cause it to take deep root; rather, and it took deep root, as in the Revised Version.

And it filled the land (comp. ; ). Possession was taken of the whole land, not at once ( 1:27-36), but slowly and surely; the furthest limits being reached in David's time (, ).

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