Psalms 81:16
And he would have fed them with the finest of wheat; yea, with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied thee.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
15The haters of Jehovah would have come cringing unto him; but their time would have been for ever.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
Judges 14:18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey, And what stronger than a lion? And he said to them, If ye had not ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.
Job 29:6When my steps were bathed in milk, and the rock poured out beside me rivers of oil!
Psalms 147:14He maketh peace in thy borders; he satisfieth thee with the finest of the wheat.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:9-16
Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 9 There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 10 I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. 11 But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels. 13 Oh that my people had hearkened… Read the whole commentary →