Psalms 80:8

“Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt - Referring to his people, under the image (which often occurs in the Scriptures) of a vine or vineyard. See the notes at Isaiah 5:1-7. Compare Jeremiah 2:21; Ezekiel 15:6; Matthew 20:1; Matthew 21:28, Matthew 21:33; Luke 13:6. Thou hast cast out the heathen - The nations; to wit, the nations that occupied the land of Canaan before the children of Israel dwelt there. See Psalms 2:1, note; Psalms 2:8, note; Psalms 77:15, note. And planted it - Thou hast established thy people there as one plants a vine in a field. See Psalms 44:2. return to 'Top of Page'”

“80:8-11 Israel has a glorious past, beginning with its redemption from Egypt. 80:8-9 Israel had been a prosperous grapevine (Gen 1:28; Gal 5:22-23) that God transplanted into the land of Canaan at the time of the conquest. However, the people forgot the source of their prosperity and chose to do evil (Isa 5:1-7; Hos 10:1).”

“a vine: Isa 5:1-7, Isa 27:2, Isa 27:3; Jer 2:21; Eze 15:6, Eze 17:6, Eze 19:10; Mat 21:33-41; Joh 15:1-8 thou hast cast: Psa 44:2, Psa 78:55; Jer 18:9, Jer 18:10; This most elegant allegory, which is every where well supported, is frequently employed by sacred writers. See the parallel passages. Psalms 80:9”

“The complaint now assumes a detailing character in this strophe, inasmuch as it contrasts the former days with the present; and the ever more and more importunate prayer moulds itself in accordance therewith. The retrospective description begins, as is rarely the case, with the second modus, inasmuch as "the speaker thinks more of the bare nature of the act than of the time" (Ew. 136, b). As in the blessing of Jacob ( Gen 49:22) Joseph is compared to the layer (בּן) of a fruitful growth (פּרת), whose shoots (בּנות) climb over the wall: so here Israel is compared to a vine ( Gen 49:22; גּפן פּריּח, Psa 128:3), which has become great in Egypt and been transplanted thence into the Land of…”