KJV ORIGINAL
Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
You brought a vine out of Egypt: you drove out the nations and planted it.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is using the image of a vine to describe how God rescued Israel from Egypt and gave them their own land by removing other nations.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm was likely written during or after the Babylonian exile when Israel was suffering and needed to remember God's past faithfulness. The 'vine out of Egypt' refers to the Exodus when God freed the Israelites from slavery and led them to the Promised Land. The 'heathen' or nations that were cast out were the Canaanite peoples who lived in the land before Israel arrived.
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