Psalms 80:15

It is burnt with fire, it is cut down,.... That is, the vine of Israel, and the branch before spoken of, alluding to a vine, and its branches; which, when become unprofitable, are cut down or cut off,…

And the vineyard ... - Gesenius renders this as a verb: “Protect;” that is, “Protect or defend what thy right hand hath planted.” So the Septuagint renders it κατάρτισαι katartisai - and the Vulgate,…

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…

This verse presents serious ambiguities and difficulties. The first word may be rendered as a substantive, in close connexion with Psa 80:80, and the vineyard, or better as R.V. and the stock: or, as…