Psalms 81:16

He should have fed them also -He would have given them prosperity, and their land would have produced abundantly of the necessities - even of the luxuries - of life. This is in accordance with the usual promises of the Scriptures, that obedience to God will be followed by national temporal prosperity. SeeDeuteronomy 32:13-14;1 Timothy 4:8;Psalms 37:11. Compare the notes atMatthew 5:5. With the finest of the wheat -Margin, as in Hebrew, with the fat of wheat. The meaning is, the best of the wheat - as the words fat and fatness are often used to denote excellence and abundance.Genesis 27:28,Genesis 27:39;Job 36:16;Psalms 36:8;Psalms 63:5;Psalms 65:11.