Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
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Barnes' Notes
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…
God, by the psalmist, here speaks to Israel, and in them to us, on whom the ends of the world are come.
I. He demands their diligent and serious attention to what he was about to say (Psa 81:8):…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
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…
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