Psalm 80:11

11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 80:11 In-Context

9 Thou madest a way before it, and didst cause its roots to strike, and the land was filled with it.

10 Its shadow covered the mountains, and its shoots equalled the goodly cedars.

11 It sent forth its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the river.

12 Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

13 The boar out of the wood has laid it waste, and the wild beast has devoured it.