Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?
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Gill's Exposition
The boar out of the wood doth waste it,.... As Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, who carried the ten tribes captive; the title of this psalm in the Septuagint version is, a psalm for the Assyrian.…
Barnes' Notes
Why hast thou then broken down her hedges? - Why hast thou dealt with thy people as one would with a vineyard who should break down all its enclosures, and leave it open to wild beasts? The word…
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
Why&c. The question is half expostulation, half inquiry, for Israel's present plight is a riddle to the Psalmist.
hedges R.V. fences. Vineyards were always carefully fenced to protect them (Isa 5:5).…
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