Psalms 50:11
I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
In Context
10For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Cross References
Genesis 1:20And God said, Let the waters swarm with swarms of living souls, and let fowl fly above the earth in the expanse of the heavens.
Job 39:13The wing of the ostrich beats joyously But is it the stork's pinion and plumage?
Psalms 104:12The birds of heaven dwell by them; they give forth their voice from among the branches.
Isaiah 56:9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, all ye beasts in the forest.
Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into granaries, and your heavenly Father nourishes them. Are *ye* not much more excellent than they?
Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor granary; and God feeds them. How much better are *ye* than the birds?
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 →