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- Chapter 36
- Verse 8
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
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Gill's Exposition
They shall be abundantly sallied with the fatness of thy house,.... By his "house" is meant the church of God, of his building, and where he dwells; by the fatness of it the provisions there, the word…
Barnes' Notes
They shall be abundantly satisfied - Margin, “watered.” That is, all who thus put their trust in the mercy of God. The Hebrew word - רוה râvâh - means to drink to the full; to be satisfied, or sated…
David, having looked round with grief upon the wickedness of the wicked, here looks up with comfort upon the goodness of God, a subject as delightful as the former was distasteful and very proper to…
Cambridge Bible
God is more than a protector. He is a bountiful host, who provides royal entertainment for His guests. Cp. Psa 23:5-6; Psa 27:4; Psa 65:4. The metaphor is derived from the sacrificial meal, in which…
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