Psalms 81:16

“He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat, etc.] Or the “fat of the wheat f1179”; (see <053214>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 fat, or finest, of the wheat, being the corn of heaven, and angels’ food, (<197824>Psalm 78:24,25), but it rather respects what the Israelites would have been continued to be fed with in the land of Canaan, which was a land of wheat, (<050808>Deuteronomy 8:8), and such who hearken to the Lord, and walk in his ways, are fed by him with the Gospel, which is…”

“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 wheat - as the words fat and fatness are often used to denote excellence and abundance. Genesis 27:28, Genesis 27:39; Job 36:16; Psalms 36:8; Psalms 63:5; Psalms 65:11. And with honey out of the rock…”

“Honey - With all pleasant and precious fruits. Next: Psalms Chapter 82”

“fed: Psa 147:14; Deu 32:13, Deu 32:14; Joe 2:24 finest of the wheat: Heb. fat of wheat honey: Jdg 14:8, Jdg 14:9, Jdg 14:18; Sa1 14:25, Sa1 14:26; Job 29:6 Next: Psalms Chapter 82”