Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fullness thereof.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
In Context
11I know all the birds of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
13Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them. And God said to them, Be fruitful, and multiply and replenish the earth, and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the heavens, and over every living thing that moves upo
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be my own possession from among all peoples, for all the earth is mine,
Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Under the whole heaven is mine.
Psalms 104:24O LORD, how manifold are thy works! In wisdom have thou made them all. The earth is full of thy riches.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for thee, and thou give them their food in due season.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 50:8-16
The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 8 I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9 I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. 10 For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. 11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12 If I were hungry, I would not… Read the whole commentary →