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17 You brought them in, you planted them
    on the mountain that is your own—
The place you made the base of your throne, Lord,
    the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

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III

You brought a vine[a] out of Egypt;
    you drove out nations and planted it.

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Footnotes

  1. 80:9 A vine: a frequent metaphor for Israel, cf. Is 5:1–7; 27:2–5; Jer 2:21; Hos 10:1; Mt 21:33.

What more could be done for my vineyard
    that I did not do?(A)
Why, when I waited for the crop of grapes,
    did it yield rotten grapes?

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