The boar out of the wood doth waste it, and the wild beast of the field doth devour it.
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Gill's Exposition
Return, we beseech thee, O God of hosts,.... The Lord had been with his vine, the people of Israel, when he brought them out of Egypt, and planted and settled them in the land of Canaan, and made them…
Barnes' Notes
The boar out of the wood - Men come in and ravage the land, whose character may be compared with the wild boar. The word rendered boar means simply swine. The addition of the phrase “out of the wood”…
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 boar out of the forest doth ravage it,
And the wild beasts of the field feed on it.
"Under Hermon," says Dr Tristram, "in the vineyard districts, we heard grievous lamentations of the damage done…
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