They, i. e. those children of men who trust in thee, as he now said, shall be abundantly satisfied; though now they are straitened, oppressed, and persecuted, yet they shall not only be protected and supported for the present, but in due time shall have all their wants and desires fully satisfied. Heb. shall be made drunk, i.e. shall be as it were overwhelmed with the plenty of it, which they shall no more be able to comprehend than a drunken man is able perfectly to understand and judge of things; and shall be free, as drunken men also are, from all cares and fears, either of not obtaining it, or of losing it. With the fatness of thy house; with those rich and delightful provisions which thou hast prepared for them in thy habitation, i.e. either,
1. In the tabernacle, where they used to feast upon the remainders of the sacrifices; to which also he seems here to allude. Or rather,
2. In heaven; which is called God's house, both in Scripture, as 1 Thessalonians 14:2, and in divers ancient heathen authors. For the expressions here used are too magnificent to be bestowed upon those feasts, or indeed upon any of the enjoyments of this life, and do ill become him, who professedly disowns the having of his portion in this life, and declares his expectation of happiness in the next life, Psalms 17:14,15. And seeing it is apparent from Heb 11, and from many other scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament, that both David, and Job, and Abraham, and the rest of the holy patriarchs and prophets, had a firm belief and hope of the future life, and their felicity therein; it seems most reasonable to understand all those passages of David and the other prophets of it, which naturally, and without any force, may be so understood; of which number certainly this verse and the following is one. Drink: before they had fatness, i.e. fat meats; and now drink, to note the completeness of their feast. Of the river; which notes both their plenty, and their constancy and perpetuity. Of thy pleasures; which thou preparest, and which thou enjoyest; whence it is called the joy of the Lord, Matthew 25:21. Or this notes their great eminency; for things most excellent in their kinds are entitled to God, as the goodliest cedars, mountains, &c., are called cedars of God, mountains of God, &c.