Psalms 50:12
If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.
Bible in Basic English
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 see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.
13Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God gave them his blessing and said to them, Be fertile and have increase, and make the earth full and be masters of it; be rulers over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing moving on the earth.
Exodus 19:5If now you will truly give ear to my voice and keep my agreement, you will be my special property out of all the peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Job 41:11\41:20\Smoke comes out of his nose, like a pot boiling on the fire.
Psalms 104:24O Lord, how great is the number of your works! in wisdom you have made them all; the earth is full of the things you have made.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all men are waiting for you; and you give them their food in its time.
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 →