“She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.”
The vine's expansion continues: "It sent out its branches to the sea, and its shoots to the River." The reference to sea and river (understood as the Euphrates) suggests that the vine's dominion extended from the Mediterranean to Mesopotamia—the maximal geographical extent of Israel/Davidic kingdom. This recalls the extent of Solomon's dominion.
Church Fathers on Psalms 80:11
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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