And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.
Parallel translations
- WEB the stock which your right hand planted, the branch that you made strong for yourself.
- BSB the root Your right hand has planted, the son You have raised up for Yourself.
- NKJV And the vineyard which Your right hand has planted, And the branch that You made strong for Yourself.
- NASB The shoot which Your right hand has planted, And of the son whom You have strengthened for Yourself.
- NLT that you yourself have planted, this son you have raised for yourself.
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Quick answer
The prayer appeals to the vine as the very stock God planted and strengthened for Himself. It grounds the plea in God's own investment in His people.
Overview
By recalling that God's right hand planted this vine and made a particular branch strong, the psalmist appeals to God's covenant commitment. The 'son' or branch may anticipate v. 17's 'son of man,' pointing toward God's chosen one. The argument is that God should preserve what He purposely raised up for His own glory.
Cross-references & the web
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- John 15:1I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman.
- Zech 3:8Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH.
- Zech 6:12And speak unto him, saying, Thus speaketh the LORD of hosts, saying, Behold the man whose name is The BRANCH; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the LORD:
- Ps 80:8Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and justice in the earth.
- Mark 12:1And he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.
- Jer 2:21Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me?
- Isa 11:1And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
- Isa 5:1–2Now will I sing to my wellbeloved a song of my beloved touching his vineyard. My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill:
- Ezek 17:22–24Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:
- Ps 89:21With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
- Isa 49:5And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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