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11 The mountains were covered by its shadow,
    the cedars of God by its branches.
12 It sent out its boughs as far as the sea,[a]
    its shoots as far as the river.
13 Why have you broken down its walls,
    so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit?(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 80:12 The sea: the Mediterranean. The river: the Euphrates, cf. Gn 15:18; 1 Kgs 5:1. The terms may also have a mythic nuance—the seas that surround the earth; sea and river are sometimes paralleled in poetry.

11 Its branches reached as far as the Sea,[a]
    its shoots as far as the River.[b](A)

12 Why have you broken down its walls(B)
    so that all who pass by pick its grapes?
13 Boars from the forest ravage(C) it,
    and insects from the fields feed on it.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 80:11 Probably the Mediterranean
  2. Psalm 80:11 That is, the Euphrates