The Meaning of Psalms 80:12 Explained

Psalms 80:12

KJV: Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

YLT: Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

Darby: Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

ASV: Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Why hast thou [then] broken down  her hedges,  so that all they which pass  by the way  do pluck  her? 

What does Psalms 80:12 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 80:8-19 - "cause Thy Face To Shine"
The imagery of the vine is taken from Jacob's dying words, in which he compared Joseph to a fruitful bough which had grown over the wall, Genesis 49:22. It is therefore a very apt and appropriate figure in this psalm, of which the northern tribes are the special subject. The figure of the vine is wrought out with extreme beauty. The book of Exodus tells of the transplanting, and those of Joshua and Judges of the ground that was cleared to receive it. In the days of Solomon, the boughs of the kingdom reached to the Euphrates on the east, and the Great Sea (the Mediterranean) on the west. But the walls were broken down by invasion, and the vine lay at the mercy of every passer-by or the wild creatures of the forest.
We, too, know the havoc which ensues when the Church no longer lives within the ring-fence of God's care. Revive us! Restore us! Cause thy face to shine! The man of thy right hand, Psalms 80:17, may be another term for Israel, Genesis 35:18. But our Lord alone can fulfill this description; and God's power is pledged to arrest the advance of the enemy, and to cause the true Vine and its branches to cover the earth. We must turn to John 15:1-27 to find the antitype of Israel, in the relation between Christ and His Church. [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 80

1  The psalmist in his prayer complains of the miseries of the church
8  God's former favors are turned into judgments
14  He prays for deliverance

What do the individual words in Psalms 80:12 mean?

Why have You broken down her hedges so that pluck her [fruit] all who pass by the way
לָ֭מָּה פָּרַ֣צְתָּ גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ וְ֝אָר֗וּהָ כָּל־ עֹ֥בְרֵי דָֽרֶךְ

לָ֭מָּה  Why 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: לָמָּה 
Sense: what, how, of what kind.
פָּרַ֣צְתָּ  have  You  broken  down 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: פָּרַץ  
Sense: to break through or down or over, burst, breach.
גְדֵרֶ֑יהָ  her  hedges 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person feminine singular
Root: גָּדֵר  
Sense: fence, wall.
וְ֝אָר֗וּהָ  so  that  pluck  her  [fruit] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person common plural, third person feminine singular
Root: אָרָה  
Sense: to pluck, gather.
עֹ֥בְרֵי  who  pass  by 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: עָבַר 
Sense: to pass over or by or through, alienate, bring, carry, do away, take, take away, transgress.
דָֽרֶךְ  the  way 
Parse: Noun, common singular
Root: דֶּרֶךְ  
Sense: way, road, distance, journey, manner.

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