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Psalm 80:11-13
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 80:11-13
New Catholic Bible
11 The mountains were covered with its shade
and the cedars of God[a] with its shoots.
12 It sent out its boughs as far as the Sea,[b]
its shoots as far as the river.
13 [c]Why have you broken down its walls
so that all who pass by pluck its grapes?[d]
Footnotes
- Psalm 80:11 Cedars of God: cedars that were so huge, they were regarded as being planted by God.
- Psalm 80:12 Sea: i.e., Mediterranean; River: i.e., Euphrates.
- Psalm 80:13 The psalmist begs God to attend once again to his wasted vine then, the people will once again praise their savior.
- Psalm 80:13 Why . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.
