9Like people clear ground to plant a grapevine MET, you cleared out the people who were living in this land for us to live in it. Like the roots of a grapevine go deep down into the ground and spread MET, you enabled our ancestors to prosper and start living in towns all over this land.
10Like huge grapevines cover the hills with their shade and their branches are taller than big cedar trees MET, HYP,
11your people ruled all of Canaan, from the Mediterranean Sea in the west to the Euphrates River in the east.