Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
13Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them; and God said unto them: 'Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that creepeth upon the earth.'
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if ye will hearken unto My voice indeed, and keep My covenant, then ye shall be Mine own treasure from among all peoples; for all the earth is Mine;
Job 41:11(41-3) Who hath given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him? Whatsoever is under the whole heaven is Mine.
Psalms 104:24How manifold are Thy works, O LORD! In wisdom hast Thou made them all; the earth is full of Thy creatures.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for Thee, and Thou givest 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 →