Psalms 80:11

11 It was sending out its branches ¹to the sea And its shoots to the River.

Psalms 80:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 80:11

She sent out her boughs unto the sea
The Mediterranean, or midland sea, which was the border of the land of Canaan to the west:

and her branches unto the river;
the river Euphrates, which was its border to the east; see ( Deuteronomy 11:24 ) . This, in the spiritual sense of it, will have its accomplishment in the church of Christ, when he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth, ( Psalms 72:8 ) . The Targum is,

``she sent out her disciples to the great sea, and to the river Euphrates her babes;''

or sucklings.

Psalms 80:11 In-Context

9 You cleared the ground before it, And it took deep root and filled the land.

10 The mountains were covered with its shadow, And the cedars of God with its boughs.

11 It was sending out its branches to the sea And its shoots to the River.

12 Why have You broken down its hedges, So that all who pass that way pick its fruit?

13 A boar from the forest eats it away And whatever moves in the field feeds on it.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 72:8