“The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars.”
The vine extends broadly: "The mountains were covered with its shade, the mighty cedars with its branches." The hyperbolic description suggests the vine's growth became cosmic in scale, transforming the landscape. The cedar imagery associates the vine with majestic strength; Israel became a dominant regional power.
Church Fathers on Psalms 80:10
1. ...If perchance things obscure demand the office of an interpreter, those things which are evident ought to require of me the office of a reader. The song here is of the Advent of the Lord and of our Saviour Jesus Christ, and of His vineyard. But the singer of the song is that Asaph, as far as does appear, enlightened and converted, by whose name ye know the synagogue to be signified. Lastly, the title of the Psalm is: “For the end in behalf of them that shall be changed;”…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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