Psalms 36:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

They shall be abundantly satisfied ... - literally, They shall be watered; or, as the Chaldaic, Syriac, Vulgate, Ethiopic, and Septuagint, They shall be made drunk with. The Arabic has saturated with. Those filled with the Spirit seemed like persons elated with wine (Acts 2:13-17; Ephesians 5:18). The fatness of God's house is its rich spiritual provision of divine ordinances for the refreshment of His people. These dwell with Him in spirit already in His heavenly sanctuary, sustained by the Divine Householder with richest viands. Hereafter they shall in person feed upon the fruit of the tree of life, in the midst of the paradise of God, and drink of the "pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb" (Revelation 22:1-2; Revelation 2:7; Psalms 16:11; cf. Genesis 2:10, to which the allusion is here; Job 20:17; John 4:13-14; Ezekiel 47:1; Zechariah 14:8).

Psalms 36:8

8 They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.