The Meaning of Psalms 36:8 Explained

Psalms 36:8

KJV: They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

YLT: They are filled from the fatness of Thy house, And the stream of Thy delights Thou dost cause them to drink.

Darby: They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

ASV: They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; And thou wilt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They shall be abundantly satisfied  with the fatness  of thy house;  and thou shalt make them drink  of the river  of thy pleasures. 

What does Psalms 36:8 Mean?

Context Summary

Psalms 36:1-12 - God The Fountain Of Life
The servant of the Lord, as the superscription tells us, is speaking here. He is horror-stricken at the ways and thoughts of the ungodly. By a bold image, Psalms 36:1, r.v., margin; Transgression is personified as speaking in the heart of the ungodly, as the Delphic oracle in her dark cave; and the answer from that secret oracle is full of smooth but beguiling words. So our first parents found it.
What a blessed thing it is to turn from man to God! Notice God's attributes as here enumerated: "thy lovingkindness" (r.v.), "thy faithfulness," "thy righteousness," "thy judgments." The golden bracelet begins and ends with love. All nature speaks, to the heart that loves, of the love of God. But they who fly to God find Him even better than nature can proclaim. He is better than banquets for hungry men. Let His life arise in thee as a fountain, and ask for the illumination of His light. Serenely sheltered under the wing, or in the house, of God, the soul may look out, unmoved, on "the wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds." [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 36

1  The grievous state of the wicked
8  The excellence of God's mercy
10  David prays for favor to God's children

What do the individual words in Psalms 36:8 mean?

They are abundantly satisfied with the fullness of Your house and the river of Your pleasures You give them drink from
יִ֭רְוְיֻן מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ וְנַ֖חַל עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ תַשְׁקֵֽם

יִ֭רְוְיֻן  They  are  abundantly  satisfied 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural, Paragogic nun
Root: רָוָה  
Sense: to be satiated or saturated, have or drink one’s fill.
מִדֶּ֣שֶׁן  with  the  fullness 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דֶּשֶׁן  
Sense: fat ashes, fatness.
בֵּיתֶ֑ךָ  of  Your  house 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: בַּיִת 
Sense: house.
וְנַ֖חַל  and  the  river 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: נַחַל 
Sense: torrent, valley, wadi, torrent-valley.
עֲדָנֶ֣יךָ  of  Your  pleasures 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: עֵדֶן 
Sense: luxury, dainty, delight, finery.
תַשְׁקֵֽם  You  give  them  drink  from 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular, third person masculine plural
Root: שָׁקָה  
Sense: to give to drink, irrigate, drink, water, cause to drink water.