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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 81:16

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 usual promises of the Scriptures, that obedience to God will be followed by national temporal prosperity. See Deuteronomy 32:13-14; 1 Timothy 4:8; Psalms 37:11. Compare the notes at Matthew 5:5.With the finest of the wheat - Margin, as in Hebrew, with the fat of wheat. The meaning is, the best of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:6-7

Psalms 81:6-7. I removed his shoulder That is, the shoulder of my people; from the burden I delivered them from the burdensome slavery of Egypt. His hands were delivered from the pots Hebrew, מדוד תעברנה , his hands passed from the pots, or, as Chandler renders it, his hands from the pots, through which they had passed. Thus God reminds Israel of their redemption, by his mercy and power, from the burdens and drudgery imposed on them in Egypt. And from this verse to the end of the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:8-10

Psalms 81:8-10. Hear, O my people And who should hear me if my people will not? I have heard and answered thee, now wilt thou hear me? Hear what is said, with the greatest solemnity, and the most unquestionable certainty, for it is what I, the God of truth and love, thy lawgiver and thy judge, declare for thy profit. And I will testify unto thee Concerning my will and thy duty. I will give thee statutes and judgments, in the execution of which thou mayest live and be happy for ever. This... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:11

Psalms 81:11 . My people would not hearken to my voice But turned a deaf ear to all I said. “Two things,” says Henry, “the Lord complains of; 1st, Their disobedience to his commands. They did hear his voice, and that in such a manner as no people ever did; but they would not hearken to it; they would not be governed by it, neither by the law, nor by the reason of it, namely, that he was Jehovah their God, who brought them out of the land of Egypt. 2d, Their dislike of his... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:12

Psalms 81:12. So I gave them up, &c. Upon their obstinate and oft-repeated acts of disobedience, and their rejection of my grace and mercy offered to them, I withdrew all the restraints of my providence, and my Holy Spirit and grace from them, and wholly left them to follow their own vain and foolish imaginations, and wicked lusts. And they walked in their own counsels The consequence of my thus giving them up to their own depraved inclinations was, that they practised all those... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:13

Psalms 81:13. O that my people had hearkened unto me In this way does God testify his good-will to, and concern for, the welfare and happiness of these most refractory, disobedient, and obstinate sinners. The expressions are very affecting, and much like those he uttered by Moses concerning them, Deuteronomy 5:29, “O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever.” Or like... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:14-15

Psalms 81:14-15. I would soon have subdued their enemies Both those remaining Canaanites, whom now, for their unbelief and apostacy, I have left in the land, to be snares and plagues to them, and also all their encroaching and vexatious neighbours, who have so often invaded and laid waste their country. The haters of the Lord The enemies of God’s people, such as the neighbouring nations were; should have submitted themselves Should have owned and professed their subjection to them, if... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:16

Psalms 81:16 . 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 out of the rock should I have satisfied thee That is, with all pleasant and precious fruits, and with all delights; as all necessaries may be expressed in the former clause under the name of wheat. Or honey may be here taken literally; for the land of Canaan abounded with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81:0 A festival songIn the traditions that grew up around the Jewish festivals, this song was sung annually at the Feast of Tabernacles. (For this feast see Leviticus 23:33-36,Leviticus 23:39-43.) The song opens with a reminder of God’s command to keep this joyous festival in remembrance of his goodness in saving his people from Egypt (1-5).God then recounts how he lifted the burden of slavery from the backs of his people and looked after them as they travelled through the barren... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 81:7

in , or from. proved. Compare Exodus 17:6 . Numbers 20:1-13 . Selah. Connecting the merciful deliverance with the reason why Israel should hearken. See App-66 . read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 81:16

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:6-7

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:8-10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:14-15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 81:16

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 81:7

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