Psalm 81:7-16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:15

The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him ,.... Or, "lied unto him" F8 יכחשו "mentientur", Montanus; "mentiti fuissent", Vatablus; "mentirentur", Musculus, Cocceius, Gejerus; "mendaciter se dedissent", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; feignedly submitted to him, flattered him, pretended friendship to him, and entered into a league with him; either Israel, mentioned Psalm 81:13 , our God, whom and whose worship and people they hated; as every natural man... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:16

He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat ,.... Or the "fat of the wheat F25 מחלב חטה "ex adipe frumenti", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "adipe tritici", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator; so Cocceius, Gejerus, Michaelis. "; see Deuteronomy 32:14 , with the finest flour of it: the Targum is, "with the best bread of wheat;' with the best of wheat, and the best bread that can be made of it: Aben Ezra interprets it of the manna, which was better than the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:7

Thou calledst in trouble - They had cried by reason of their burdens, and the cruelty of their task-masters; and God heard that cry, and delivered them. See Exodus 3:7 , etc. In the secret place of thunder - On Mount Sinai; where God was heard, but not seen. They heard a voice, but they saw no shape. At the waters of Meribah - See this transaction, Exodus 17:1 ; (note), etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:8

Hear, O my people - These are nearly the same words with those spoken at the giving of the law, Exodus 20:2 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:10

Open thy mouth wide - Let thy desires be ever so extensive, I will gratify them if thou wilt be faithful to me. Thou shalt lack no manner of thing that is good. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:11

Israel would none of me - לי אבה לא lo abah li , They willed me not, they would not have me for their God. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:12

Unto their own hearts' lust - To the obstinate wickedness of their heart. In their own counsels - God withdrew his restraining grace, which they had abused; and then they fulfilled the inventions of their wicked hearts. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:13

O that my people had hearkened unto me, - Israel had walked in my ways - Nothing can be more plaintive than the original; sense and sound are surprisingly united. I scruple not to say to him who understands the Hebrew, however learned, he has never found in any poet, Greek or Latin, a finer example of deep-seated grief, unable to express itself in appropriate words without frequent interruptions of sighs and sobs, terminated with a mournful cry. yl (m# ym( wl יהלכו בדרכי ישראי... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:14

I should soon have subdued - If God's promise appeared to fail in behalf of his people, it was because they rejected his counsel, and walked in their own. While they were faithful, they prospered; and not one jot or tittle of God's word failed to them. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:15

Their time should have endured for ever - That is, Their prosperity should have known no end. read more

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