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Complete Jewish Bible

Psalms 36:8

How precious, God, is your grace! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Happiness;   House;   Joy;   River;   Salvation;   Worship;   Thompson Chain Reference - Abundance, Spiritual;   Abundance-Want;   Desire-Satisfaction;   Rivers;   Satisfaction;   Spiritual;   Thirst, Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Light;   Living Waters;   Satisfaction;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Happiness of Saints in This Life;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Fountains;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Drink;   Temple;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Church;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Banquets;   Olive;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Guilt;   Life;   Proselyte;   Psalms;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - River;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - River;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Church;   Fountain;   River;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Fatness;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Hazkarat Neshamot;   Simeon ben Yoḥai;   Son of Man;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 11;   Every Day Light - Devotion for May 9;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
They are filled from the abundance of your house.You let them drink from your refreshing stream.
Hebrew Names Version
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
King James Version
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
English Standard Version
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
New Century Version
They eat the rich food in your house, and you let them drink from your river of pleasure.
New English Translation
They are filled with food from your house, and you allow them to drink from the river of your delicacies.
Amplified Bible
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
New American Standard Bible
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
World English Bible
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Geneva Bible (1587)
They shall be satisfied with the fatnesse of thine house, and thou shalt giue them drinke out of the riuer of thy pleasures.
Legacy Standard Bible
They are satisfied from the richness of Your house;And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.
Berean Standard Bible
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Contemporary English Version
You give your guests a feast in your house, and you serve a tasty drink that flows like a river.
Darby Translation
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Easy-to-Read Version
They get strength from all the good things in your house. You let them drink from your wonderful river.
George Lamsa Translation
They shall flourish with the richness of thy house; and thou shalt give them to drink of the pleasant water of thy spring.
Good News Translation
We feast on the abundant food you provide; you let us drink from the river of your goodness.
Lexham English Bible
They are refreshed with the fullness of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
Literal Translation
They shall be satisfied from the abundance of Your house; and You make them drink the torrent of Your pleasures.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
They shalbe satisfied with the pleteousnesse of thy house, and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures.
American Standard Version
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Bible in Basic English
The delights of your house will be showered on them; you will give them drink from the river of your pleasures.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
How precious is Thy lovingkindness, O God! and the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Thy wings.
King James Version (1611)
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house: and thou shalt make them drinke of the riuer of thy pleasures.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
They shalbe satisfied with the plenteousnesse of thy house: and thou shalt geue them drinke out of the riuer of thy delicates.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall be fully satisfied with the fatness of thine house; and thou shalt cause them to drink of the full stream of thy delights.
English Revised Version
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Thei schulen be fillid gretli of the plentee of thin hows; and thou schalt yyue drynke to hem with the steef streem of thi likyng.
Update Bible Version
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of your house; And you will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
Webster's Bible Translation
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
New King James Version
They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
New Living Translation
You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.
New Life Bible
They are filled with the riches of Your house. And You give them a drink from Your river of joy.
New Revised Standard
They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
They abundantly relish the fatness of thy house, - And out of the full stream of thine own pleasures, thou givest them to drink.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(35-9) They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure.
Revised Standard Version
They feast on the abundance of thy house, and thou givest them drink from the river of thy delights.
Young's Literal Translation
They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Contextual Overview

5 He devises trouble as he lies in bed; so set is he on his own bad way that he doesn't hate evil. 6 Adonai , in the heavens is your grace; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. 7 Your righteousness is like the mountains of God, your judgments are like the great deep. You save man and beast, Adonai . 8 How precious, God, is your grace! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings, 9 they feast on the rich bounty of your house, and you have them drink from the stream of your delights. 10 For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light. 11 Continue your grace to those who know you and your righteousness to the upright in heart. 12 Don't let the foot of the proud tread on me or the hands of the wicked drive me away. There they lie fallen, those evildoers, flung down and unable to rise.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

abundantly: Psalms 16:11, Psalms 17:15, Psalms 63:5, Psalms 65:4, Song of Solomon 5:1, Isaiah 25:6, Isaiah 55:1, Isaiah 55:2, Jeremiah 31:12-14, Zechariah 9:17, Matthew 5:6, John 7:37

satisfied: Heb. watered, Yirweyun, "they shall be saturated," as a thirsty field by showers from heaven. Isaiah 58:11

and thou: Psalms 16:11, Psalms 46:4, Job 20:17, Isaiah 43:20, Isaiah 48:21, Revelation 22:1-17

thy pleasures: Or, adanacha, "thy pleasure," as four manuscripts, read; in which there is probably a reference to the garden of Eden, and the river that ran through, and watered it.

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:28 - the fatness Deuteronomy 33:23 - O Job 36:16 - full Psalms 25:13 - dwell at ease Psalms 37:11 - delight Psalms 42:2 - thirsteth Psalms 65:11 - fatness Psalms 84:1 - How Psalms 90:14 - satisfy Psalms 132:15 - I will satisfy Psalms 145:19 - fulfil Song of Solomon 4:15 - a well Isaiah 30:23 - it shall Isaiah 48:18 - then had Isaiah 58:14 - delight Isaiah 66:11 - ye may suck Jeremiah 17:13 - forsaken Jeremiah 31:14 - my people Mark 10:18 - that is John 4:10 - living Ephesians 3:20 - exceeding Philippians 4:19 - according Hebrews 2:13 - I will Hebrews 6:17 - more 2 Peter 1:11 - abundantly Revelation 2:17 - to eat Revelation 7:17 - feed

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Hori at Se‘ir, their mountain, all the way to Eil-Pa'ran by the desert.
Genesis 32:3
When Ya‘akov saw them, he said, "This is God's camp," and called that place Machanayim [two camps]. Haftarah Vayetze: Hoshea (Hosea) 12:13(12)–14:10(9) (A); 11:7–12:12(11) (S) B'rit Hadashah suggested reading for Parashah Vayetze: Yochanan (John) 1:43–51 Ya‘akov sent messengers ahead of him to ‘Esav his brother toward the land of Se‘ir, the country of Edom, with these instructions: "Here is what you are to say to my lord ‘Esav: ‘Your servant Ya‘akov says, "I have been living with Lavan and have stayed until now. I have cattle, donkeys and flocks, and male and female servants. I am sending to tell this news to my lord, in order to win your favor." '" The messengers returned to Ya‘akov saying, "We went to your brother ‘Esav, and he is coming to meet you; with him are four hundred men." Ya‘akov became greatly afraid and distressed. He divided the people, flocks, cattle and camels with him into two camps, saying, "If ‘Esav comes to the one camp and attacks it, at least the camp that is left will escape." Then Ya‘akov said, "God of my father Avraham and God of my father Yitz'chak, Adonai , who told me, ‘Return to your country and your kinsmen, and I will do you good': I'm not worthy of all the love and faithfulness you have shown your servant, since I crossed the Yarden with only my staff. But now I have become two camps. Please! Rescue me from my brother ‘Esav! I'm afraid of him, afraid he'll come and attack me, without regard for mothers or children. You said, ‘I will certainly do you good and make your descendants as numerous as the grains of sand by the sea, which are so many they can't be counted.'" (ii) He stayed there that night; then he chose from among his possessions the following as a present for ‘Esav his brother: two hundred female goats and twenty males, two hundred female sheep and twenty males, thirty milk-camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten colts. He turned them over to his servants, every drove by itself, and said to his servants, "Cross over in front of me, and keep a space between each drove and the next one." He instructed the servant in front, "When ‘Esav my brother meets you and asks you, ‘Whose servant are you? Where are you going? And whose animals are these?' then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Ya‘akov, and they are a present he has sent to my lord ‘Esav; and Ya‘akov himself is just behind us.'" He also instructed the second servant, and the third, and all that followed the droves, "When you encounter ‘Esav, you are to speak to him in the same way, and you are to add, ‘And there, just behind us, is your servant Ya‘akov.'" For he said, "I will appease him first with the present that goes ahead of me; then, after that, I will see him myself — and maybe he will be friendly toward me." So the present crossed over ahead of him, and he himself stayed that night in the camp. He got up that night, took his two wives, his two slave-girls, and his eleven children, and forded the Yabok. He took them and sent them across the stream, then sent his possessions across; and Ya‘akov was left alone. Then some man wrestled with him until daybreak. When he saw that he did not defeat Ya‘akov, he struck Ya‘akov's hip socket, so that his hip was dislocated while wrestling with him. The man said, "Let me go, because it's daybreak." But Ya‘akov replied, "I won't let you go unless you bless me." The man asked, "What is your name?" and he answered, "Ya‘akov." Then the man said, "From now on, you will no longer be called Ya‘akov, but Isra'el; because you have shown your strength to both God and men and have prevailed." Ya‘akov asked him, "Please tell me your name." But he answered, "Why are you asking about my name?" and blessed him there. (iii) Ya‘akov called the place P'ni-El [face of God], "Because I have seen God face to face, yet my life is spared." As the sun rose upon him he went on past P'ni-El, limping at the hip. This is why, to this day, the people of Isra'el do not eat the thigh muscle that passes along the hip socket — because the man struck Ya‘akov's hip at its socket.
Genesis 36:1
This is the genealogy of ‘Esav (that is, Edom).
Genesis 36:2
‘Esav chose Kena‘ani women as his wives: ‘Adah the daughter of Eilon the Hitti; Oholivamah the daughter of ‘Anah the daughter of Tziv‘on the Hivi;
Genesis 36:7
For their possessions had become too great for them to live together, and the countryside through which they were traveling couldn't support so much livestock.
Genesis 36:19
These were the descendants of ‘Esav (that is, Edom), and these were their chieftains.
Genesis 36:20
(vii) These were the descendants of Se‘ir the Hori, the local inhabitants: Lotan, Shoval, Tziv‘on, ‘Anah,
Deuteronomy 2:5
and don't get into disputes with them; for I am not going to give you any of their land, no, not even enough for one foot to stand on; inasmuch as I have given Mount Se‘ir to ‘Esav as his possession.
Joshua 24:4
I gave to Yitz'chak Ya‘akov and ‘Esav. To ‘Esav I gave Mount Se‘ir as his possession, but Ya‘akov and his children went down into Egypt.
1 Chronicles 4:42
Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim‘on went to Mount Se‘ir under the leadership of P'latyah, Ne‘aryah, Refayah and Uzi'el the sons of Yish‘i.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

They shall be abundantly sallied with the fatness of thy house,.... By his "house" is meant the church of God, of his building, and where he dwells; by the fatness of it the provisions there, the word and ordinances, and the blessings of grace which they hold forth; and especially Christ, the fatted calf, the bread of life, whose flesh is meat indeed, and whose blood is drink indeed, and which make a feast of fat things; and these they that trust in the Lord are welcome to eat and drink of abundantly, and to abundant satisfaction; see Matthew 5:6

Psalms 22:26;

and thou shall make them drink of the river of thy pleasure; the love of God, whose streams make glad the city of God; or the fulness of grace, which is in Christ, out of which believers draw with joy, and drink with pleasure; or eternal glory and happiness, enjoyed in the presence of God, in which is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures for evermore; a never ceasing torrent of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They shall be abundantly satisfied - Margin, “watered.” That is, all who thus put their trust in the mercy of God. The Hebrew word - רוה râvâh - means to drink to the full; to be satisfied, or sated with drink; or to be satisfied or filled with water, as the earth or fields after an abundant rain: Isaiah 34:7; Psalms 65:10. The state referred to by the word is that of one who was thirsty, but who has drunk to the full; who feels that his desire is satisfied:

(a) He has found that which is adapted to his wants, or which meets his needs, as water does the wants of one who is a thirst;

(b) He has found this “in abundance.”

There is no lack, and he partakes of it in as large measure as he chooses. So the weary and thirsty traveler, when he finds in the desert a “new and untasted spring,” finds that which he needs, and drinks freely; and so the sinner - the dying man - the man who feels that there is nothing in the world that can satisfy him:

(1) finds in the provisions of the gospel that which exactly meets the needs of his nature, and

(2) he finds it in abundance.

With the fatness - The word used here means properly “fatness” or “fat:” Judges 9:9. Then it means “fat food,” or “sumptuous food,” Job 36:16; Isaiah 55:2; Jeremiah 31:14. It is connected here with the word “drink,” or “drink in,” because this kind of food was “sucked” in at the mouth, and the mode of partaking of it resembled the act of drinking. Gesenius. The allusion is the same as that which so often occurs in the Scriptures, where the provisions of salvation are represented as a “feast,” or where the illustration is drawn from the act of eating or drinking.

Of thy house - Furnished by thy house, or in the place of public worship. God is represented as the Head or Father of a family, and as providing for the wants of his children. Compare Psalms 23:6; Psalms 27:4.

And thou shalt make them drink - In allusion to the provisions of salvation considered as adapted to satisfy the needs of the thirsty soul.

Of the river - The abundance. Not a running fountain; not a gentle bubbling rivulet; not a stream that would soon dry up; but a “river,” large; full; overflowing; inexhaustible.

Of thy pleasures - Furnishing happiness or pleasure such as “thine” is. The pious man has happiness of the same “kind” or “nature” as that of God. It is happiness in holiness or purity; happiness in doing good; happiness in the happiness of others. It is in this sense that the friend of God partakes of His pleasure or happiness. Compare 2 Peter 1:4. The following things, therefore, are taught by this verse:

(1) that God is happy;

(2) that religion makes man happy;

(3) that his happiness is of the same “kind” or “nature” as that of God;

(4) that this happiness is “satisfying” in its nature, or that it meets the real needs of the soul;

(5) that it is abundant, and leaves no want of the soul unsupplied; and

(6) that this happiness is to be found in an eminent degree in the “house of God,” or is closely connected with the public worship of God.

It is there that God has made provision for the wants of His people; and advancement in religion, and in the comforts of religion, will always be closely connected with the fidelity with which we attend on public worship.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 36:8. They shall be abundantly satisfied — ירוין yirveyun, they shall be saturated, as a thirsty field is by showers from heaven. Inebriaduntur, they shall be inebriated.-Vulgate. That sal be drunken of the plenteuoste of thi house. - Old Psalter. This refers to the joyous expectation they had of being restored to their own land, and to the ordinances of the temple.

Of the river of thy pleasures. — נחל אדניך nachal adaneycha, (or עדנך edencha, as in four MSS.,) the river of thy Eden. They shall be restored to their paradisaical estate; for here is a reference to the river that ran through the garden of Eden, and watered it; Genesis 2:10. Or the temple, and under it the Christian Church, may be compared to this Eden; and the gracious influences of God to be had in his ordinances, to the streams by which that garden was watered, and its fertility promoted.


 
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