Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the (n) finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
(n) That is, with most fine wheat and abundance of honey.
He should have fed them also with the (n) finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
(n) That is, with most fine wheat and abundance of honey.
Verse Psalms 81:16. _WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT_] מחלב חטה _mecheleb_ _chittah_; literally, _with the fat of wheat_, as in the _margin_. _HONEY OUT OF THE ROCK_] _And he fed thaim of the grese of...
HE SHOULD HAVE FED THEM ALSO - He would have given them prosperity, and their land would have produced abundantly of the necessities - even of the luxuries - of life. This is in accordance with the us...
Psalms 81 Hope Revived: His Gracious Return to Israel _ 1. The blowing of the trumpet (Psalms 81:1)_ 2. His loving call to His people (Psalms 81:6) 3. Gracious results promised ...
LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite. A. PSALMS 81:1. A FESTAL HYMN, specially adapted for the old New Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets (p. 104), which was held on the new moon of Tishri, the seventh...
SHOULD. HAVE SATISFIED THEE. Some codices read "would. satisfy him". Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "would He satisfy him"....
Yet God's mercy is inexhaustible. Even now if Israel would obey Him, He would subdue their enemies, and bless them abundantly. Cp. Isaiah 48:17-19....
Tense and person both present serious difficulties, and it seems necessary to emend the text of the first line, and read: Yea, I would feed him with the fat of wheat, And with honey out of the rock...
HE SHOULD HAVE FED THEM—WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT— i.e. "He would have blessed thee with such plenty, that in the desarts thou shouldst have found the sweetest refreshments; and, without any care o...
PSALMS 81 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Mission-Song, to be Sung to the Northern Tribes. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 81:1-5, A Festive Celebration Invoked; in which People, Levites, and Priests can Recall the...
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways! -God still yearns over them, in spite of their perversity and its penal consequence, waiting to be gracious. Verse 13. OH...
81:16 wheat; (a-11) Lit. 'the fat of wheat,' and so Psalms 147:14 ....
After a summons to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Psalms 81:1) this Ps. recalls the meaning of Israel's national festivals as memorials of their deliverance from Egypt (Psalms 81:4). From Psalms...
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ START THE MUSIC! PSALMS 81 Jesus said, "Can the bridegroom’s friends be sad when the bridegroom is with them?" (Matthew
FINEST OF THE WHEAT. — See margin, and comp. Psalms 147:14. The construction of this verse is matter of difficulty. Properly we should render, _And he fed them with the finest of the wheat, and with h...
_[Psalms 81:17]_ וַֽ֭ יַּאֲכִילֵהוּ מֵ חֵ֣לֶב חִטָּ֑ה...
Psalms 81:1 THE psalmist summons priests and people to a solemn festival, commemorative of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, and sets forth the lessons which that deliverance teaches, the learning of w...
“IF THOU WOULDEST HEARKEN UNTO ME” Psalms 81:8 God wants our emptiness, which seems to Him like the gaping beak of the young fledgling, Psalms 81:10. _Give me room_! is his incessant appeal. It must...
This is a psalm for the Feast of Trumpets. In the calendar of the Hebrews this feast prepared the way for the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. The first day of the seventh month was the...
REFLECTIONS READER! let every renewed call, which we behold in the old dispensation, to excite the people to praise, remind us of our higher privileges, and become an additional incentive to the most...
Psalms 81, while celebrating in figure the restoration of Israel, again returns to historical ground, specially introducing Joseph, who represents the ten tribes (see Ezekiel 37:16). Otherwise Judah,...
HE SHOULD HAVE FED THEM ALSO WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT,.... Or the "fat of the wheat y"; see Deuteronomy 32:14, with the finest flour of it: the Targum is, "with the best bread of wheat;'' with t...
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee. Ver. 16. _With the finest of the wheat_] Heb. With the fat or marrow of wheat,...
_He should have fed them with the finest wheat_ He would have made their country exceedingly fruitful and productive, especially of wheat and other grain, in the highest perfection. _And with honey ou...
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, with the richest blessings of His goodness and mercy; AND WITH HONEY OUT OF THE ROCK SHOULD I HAVE SATISFIED THEE. Cf Deuteronomy 32:1. Such...
A JOYFUL SALUTATION AND GOD'S RESPONSE. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be sung to the accompaniment of the zitherlike instrument which David brought along from the Philistine city of Gath, a...
WITH THE FINEST OF THE WHEAT: _ Heb._ with the fat of wheat...
8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfuln...
WITH HONEY; either, 1. Metaphorically, with all pleasant and precious fruits, and with all delights, as all necessaries may be expressed under the name of wheat. Or rather, 2. Properly; this land of...
Psalms 81:16 fed H398 (H8686) finest H2459 wheat H2406 honey H1706 rock H6697 satisfied H7646 (H8686)...
Psalms 81:1. _Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob._ In these days, the Psalm would have to be altered if they are to suit the dogmas of modern thought, for «th...
CONTENTS: God chides His people for their ingratitude and pictures their happy state had they but obeyed Him. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph, Joseph, Jacob. CONCLUSION: God gives those up to their own heart...
This psalm was composed for the festival of tabernacles, when the people celebrated the deliverance from Egypt. It was a statute in Israel on the first day of the Hebrew month of _Tisri,_ or the new m...
_With honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee._ A LITTLE BUT WISE TEACHER You know it was said of the Holy Land, long before God led His people into it, that it was “a land flowing with mi...
_Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob._ A REVELATION OF THREE GREAT SUBJECTS I. True worship (verses1-5) 1. True worship is the highest happiness, which consi...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 81:1. This psalm resembles the OT prophets’ oracles, so perhaps it is best to think of it as a prophetic hymn. The primary function of the OT prophets is to challenge God’s...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 81:11 God’s PEOPLE DID NOT LISTEN TO his VOICE (v. Psalms 81:11), which led to sad consequences (v....
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Gittith_.” Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it was a musical instrument invented in Gath, or common among th...
EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his theory of Psalms 19:1, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 36:1
Let's turn to Psalms 81:1-16. On the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, which, because their calendar begins, the religious calendar begins the first of April, it usually coincides...
1 Samuel 14:25; 1 Samuel 14:26; Deuteronomy 32:13; Deuteronomy 32:14;...
Honey — With all pleasant and precious fruits....