That thou givest them they gather,.... What God bestows upon them as a bounty of Providence they take and make use of, and in their way thankfully, and without repining; some gather it up for immediate use and service, and not into barns; others gather it up for time to come, as the ant, Mt 6:26.
Kimchi understands this of a time of scarcity, when they gather here a little and there a little; as he does the following clause of a time of plenty.