Psalms 50:11
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
Majority Standard Bible
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 on a thousand hills.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
Cross References
Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the waters teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of the sky.”
Job 39:13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
Psalms 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
Isaiah 56:9Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.
Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are 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 →