8 A vine from Egypt brought thou hast,by thine outstretched hand;And thou the heathen out didst cast,to plant it in their land.
9 Before it thou a room didst make,where it might grow and stand;Thou causedst it deep root to take,and it did fill the land.
10 The mountains vail'd were with its shade,as with a covering;Like goodly cedars were the boughswhich out from it did spring.
11 Upon the one hand to the seaher boughs she did out send;On th' other side unto the floodher branches did extend.
12 Why hast thou then thus broken down,and ta'en her hedge away?So that all passengers do pluck,and make of her a prey.
13 The boar who from the forest comesdoth waste it at his pleasure;The wild beast of the field alsodevours it out of measure.
14 O God of hosts, we thee beseech,return now unto thine;Look down from heav'n in love, behold,and visit this thy vine: