Psalm 81:13-16

13 How I wish my people would listen to me, that Isra'el would live by my ways!

14 I would quickly subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes.

15 Those who hate ADONAI would cringe before him, while [Isra'el's] time would last forever.

16 They would be fed with the finest wheat, and I would satisfy you with honey from the rocks."

Psalm 81:13-16 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A [Psalm] of Asaph. Of "gittith," See Gill on "Ps 8:1." The Targum renders it, "upon the harp which came from Gath;" and so Jarchi says it was a musical instrument that came from Gath. The Septuagint, and the versions which follow that, render it, "for the winepresses." This psalm, according to Kimchi, is said concerning the going out of the children of Israel from Egypt; and was composed in order to be sung at their new moons and solemn feasts, which were typical of Gospel things in Gospel times; see Colossians 2:16 and so the Syriac version, "a psalm of Asaph, when David by him prepared himself for the solemnities."