Psalms 50:11
I know every bird of the mountains; all living things in the fields are mine.
Free Bible Version
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 I own all the animals of the forest, and the cattle on a thousand hills belong to me.
12If I were hungry, I wouldn't tell you, for the earth and everything in it are mine.
Cross References
Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the waters be full of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the sky.”
Job 39:13The ostrich proudly flaps her wings, but they are nothing like the flight feathers of the stork.
Psalms 104:12Birds build their nests in trees along the streams, singing from among the leaves.
Isaiah 56:9Come, wild animals, wild animals of the countryside and forests, come and eat my people!
Matthew 6:26Look at the birds —they don't sow or reap or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren't you worth more than they are?
Luke 12:24Look at the ravens. They don't sow or reap, they don't have any storerooms or barns, but God feeds them. And you're far more valuable than 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 →