The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.
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Gill's Exposition
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…
Barnes' Notes
The hills were covered with the shadow of it - That is, It made a shade, by its luxuriant foliage, on the hills in every part of the land; it seemed to cover all the hills. And the boughs thereof were…
The psalmist is here presenting his suit for the Israel of God, and pressing it home at the throne of grace, pleading with God for mercy and grace for them. The church is here represented as a vine…
Cambridge Bible
The hills The mountains.
the goodly cedars Cedars of God (El), those "which he hath planted," the indigenous cedars of Lebanon, noblest of forest trees. Cp. "mountains of God" (Psa 36:6). The…