“And the vineyard which thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that thou madest strong for thyself.”
A reference to divine planting: "the stock that your right hand has planted, and the son whom you made strong for yourself." The vine is understood as the result of God's planting, and the son (Israel) is described as strengthened by God. The right hand of God is the active instrument of salvation; the relationship is one of divine cultivation.
Church Fathers on Psalms 80:15
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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