“He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.”
The provision promised for the faithful: "I would feed you with the finest of the wheat, and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you." The imagery of finest wheat and honey suggests divine abundance and care. The rock as source of honey (recalling water from the rock in earlier tradition) emphasizes that even in wilderness circumstances, God provides wonders.
Church Fathers on Psalms 81:16
1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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