And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man's heart.
Ver. 15. And wine that maketh glad] That he may the more cheerfully serve his Maker, his heart being lifted up, as Jehoshaphat's was, in the ways of obedience, Jdg 9:13 Proverbs 31:6,7 .
And oil to make his face to shine] The word signifieth ointments of all sorts, whereof see Pliny, lib. 12, 13. These man might want and subsist; but God is bountiful.
And bread which strengtheneth, &c.] In nature, Animantis cuiusque vita est fuga; were it not for the repair of nutrition the natural life would be extinguished. The Latins call bread panis, of the Greek παν; because it is the chief nourishment.