Thou hast broken down all his hedges; thou hast brought his strong holds to ruin.
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Gill's Exposition
All that pass by the way spoil him,.... His church, his members, which are himself, when made havoc of by their persecutors, and they took joyfully the spoiling of their goods, Heb 10:34, so the…
Barnes' Notes
Thou hast broken down all his hedges - His walls or defenses; all that he relied on for safety. Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin - His towers, fortifications; defenses. The enemy has been…
In these verses we have,
I. A very melancholy complaint of the present deplorable state of David's family, which the psalmist thinks hard to be reconciled to the covenant God made with David. "Thou…
Cambridge Bible
Insensibly the king is identified with the nation whose head and representative he was. The first line is taken from the description of Israel as a vine in Psa 80:12.
hedges Or, as R.V. in Psa 80:12,…
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