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Psalms 80:12

Why hast thou then broken down her hedges, so that all they which pass by the way do pluck her?

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 80:13.

לָ֭מָּהlamahto howמָהpreposition, particle, interrogative — “to how”H4100properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senseshow (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why.פָּרַ֣צְתָּparatstabreakפָּרַץverb, qal, perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “break”, a completed actionH6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)[idiom] abroad, (make a) breach, break (away, down, -er, forth, in, up), burst out, come (spread) abroad, compel, disperse, grow, increase, open, press, scatter, urge.גְדֵרֶ֑יהָgedereyhafenceגָּדֵרnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “fence”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1447a circumvallation; by implication, an inclosurefence, hedge, wall.וְ֝אָר֗וּהָvearuhaand pluckאָרָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and pluck”, a completed action in a sequenceH717to pluckgather, pluck.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עֹ֥בְרֵיoverealienateעָבַרverb, qal, participle, construct — “alienate”, a verb used as a describing wordH5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in copulation)alienate, alter, [idiom] at all, beyond, bring (over, through), carry over, (over-) come (on, over), conduct (over), convey over, current, deliver, do away, enter, escape, fail, gender, get over, (make) go (away, beyond, by, forth, his way…דָֽרֶךְdarekhalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(80-13) Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

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American Standard Version (1901)

Why hast thou broken down its walls, So that all they that pass by the way do pluck it?

Young’s Literal Translation

Why hast Thou broken down its hedges, And all passing by the way have plucked it?

World English Bible

Why have you broken down its walls, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it?

Darby Translation

Why hast thou broken down its fences, so that all who pass by the way do pluck it?

Douay-Rheims

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(80-13) Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Wherefore hast thou broken down its hedge, while all that pass by the way pluck it?

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἱνατί καθεῖλες τὸν φραγμὸν αὐτῆς, καὶ τρυγῶσιν αὐτὴν πάντες οἱ παραπορευόμενοι τὴν ὁδόν;