Psalms 80:9 - Exposition

Thou preparest room before it. The "room" was made by the removal of the heathen inhabitants, who were first greatly weakened by Rameses III ; and then driven out by Joshua. And didst cause it to take deep root; rather, and it took deep root, as in the Revised Version. And it filled the land (comp. Deuteronomy 11:24 ; Joshua 1:3 ). Possession was taken of the whole land, not at once ( 1:27-36 ), but slowly and surely; the furthest limits being reached in David's time ( 1 Kings 4:21 , 1 Kings 4:24 ).