Psalms 80:11

11 She sent out her boughs to the sea, and her branches 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 Thou preparedst [room] before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.

10 The hills were covered with the shade of it, and its boughs [were like] the goodly cedars.

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

12 Why hast thou [then] broke down her hedges, so that all they who pass by the way do pluck her?

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