Psalms 79:11
The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Operuit montes umbra ejus, et arbusta ejus cedros Dei.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ἐκάλυψεν ὄρη ἡ σκιὰ αὐτῆς, καὶ αἱ ἀναδενδράδες αὐτῆς ⸂⸆⸃ τὰς κέδρους τοῦ θεοῦ.
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 80:11
- כָּסּ֣וּ הָרִ֣ים צִלָּ֑הּ וַ֝עֲנָפֶ֗יהָ אַֽרְזֵי אֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
God. The highest cedars were surpassed by the branches, or even by the smallest shoots (arbusta) of this vine. (Haydock)
Most powerful nations were forced to submit to David. (Theodoret)
The Israelites were exceedingly multiplied, (Worthington) and enjoyed the fruits of the country, Micheas iv. 4. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm LXXX
6. “A way Thou hast made in the sight of her, and hast planted the roots of her, and she hath filled the land” ( ver. 9 ). Would she have filled the land, unless a way had been made in the sight of her? What was the way which was made in the sight of her? “I am,” He saith, “the Way, the Truth, and the Life.” With reason she hath filled the land. That hath now been said of this vineyard, which hath been accomplished at the last. But in the mean time what? “She hath covered the mountains with her shadow, and with her branch the cedars of God” ( ver. 10 ). “Thou hast stretched out her boughs even unto the sea, and even unto the river her shoots” ( ver. 11 ). …