Matthew Poole and continuators on 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 .

(i. e.) Those Children of Men who trust in thee, as he now said.

Though now they are straitned, oppressed and Persecuted, yet they shall not onely 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 over-whelmed 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 those Rich and delightful Provisions, which thou hast prepared for them in thy Habitation, (i. e.) Either 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 Io[illegible: 1+ letters]. 14. 2. and in divers Antient heathen Authors. For the Expressions here used, as 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, Psal. 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 Iob, 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.

Before they had Fatness, (i. e.) Fat Meats, and New Drink, to note the Compleatness of their Feast.

Which notes both their plenty, and their Constancy and Perpetuity.

Which thou preparest, and which thou enjoyest; whence it is called the joy of the Lord, Mat. 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.

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