Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble - The people of Israel. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:9; Exodus 14:10.And I delivered thee - I brought the people out of Egypt.I answered thee in the secret place of thunder - That is, in the lonely, retired, solemn place where the thunder rolled; the solitudes where there was no voice but the voice of thunder, and where that seemed to come from the deep recesses of the mountain gorges. The allusion is doubtless to Sinai. Compare Exodus 19:17-19. The meaning is, that he gave a... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:16
He should have fed them also; rather, he should feed. With the finest of the wheat; literally, with the fat of the wheat (comp. Deuteronomy 32:14 and Psalms 147:14 ). And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee; rather, would I satisfy thee . The expression, "honey out of the rock," is taken from Deuteronomy 32:13 . It evidently means "honey of the best"—native honey, stored by the bees in clefts of the rocks. Of course, both the "wheat" and the "honey" are... read more