11. satisfy . . . in drought--
(Isa 41:17, 18).
Literally, "drought," that is, parched places [MAURER].
make fat--rather, "strengthen"
[NOYES]. "Give thee the free use of thy bones"
[JEROME], or, "of thy strength"
[HORSLEY].
watered garden--an Oriental picture of happiness.
fail not--Hebrew, "deceive not"; as streams that disappoint the
caravan which had expected to find water, as formerly, but find it dried
up
(Job 6:15-17).
JFB.
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