They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Parallel translations
- WEB They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.
- KJV They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
- NKJV They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house, And You give them drink from the river of Your pleasures.
- NASB They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You allow them to drink from the river of Your delights.
- NLT You feed them from the abundance of your own house, letting them drink from your river of delights.
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Quick answer
Those who take refuge in God are abundantly satisfied from His house and drink from His river of delights. God lavishly nourishes His people.
Overview
David describes the rich provision God gives those who shelter in Him, feasting in His house and drinking from a 'river of your pleasures.' The language of abundance shows that fellowship with God truly satisfies the soul. Jesus fulfills this, offering living water and the bread of life (John 4:14; 6:35), the lasting satisfaction these images foreshadow.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Ps 65:4Blessed is the one You choose and bring near to dwell in Your courts! We are filled with the goodness of Your house, the holiness of Your temple.
- Isa 58:11The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
- Jer 31:12–14They will come and shout for joy on the heights of Zion; they will be radiant over the bounty of the LORD—the grain, new wine, and oil, and the young of the flocks and herds. Their life will be like a well-watered garden, and never again will they languish.
- Isa 25:6On this mountain the LORD of Hosts will prepare a banquet for all the peoples, a feast of aged wine, of choice meat, of finely aged wine.
- Ps 63:5My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
- Matt 5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
- Ps 46:4There is a river whose streams delight the city of God, the holy place where the Most High dwells.
- Isa 48:21They did not thirst when He led them through the deserts; He made water flow for them from the rock; He split the rock, and water gushed out.
- Job 20:17He will not enjoy the streams, the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
- Isa 55:1–2“Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!
- Rev 22:1–17Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
- Isa 43:20The beasts of the field will honor Me, the jackals and the ostriches, because I provide water in the wilderness and rivers in the desert, to give drink to My chosen people.
- John 7:37On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold Your face in righteousness; when I awake, I will be satisfied in Your presence.
- Zech 9:17How lovely they will be, and how beautiful! Grain will make the young men flourish, and new wine, the young women.
- Song 5:1I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.
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