Psalms 50:11
I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are before me.
Noyes 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 all the beasts of the forest are mine, And the cattle on a thousand hills.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and all that is therein.
Cross References
Job 39:13The wing of the ostrich moveth joyfully; But is it with loving pinion and feathers?
Psalms 104:12About them the birds of heaven have their habitation; They sing among the branches.
Isaiah 56:9Come, all ye beasts of the field, Yea, all ye beasts of the forest, to devour!
Matthew 6:26Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are not ye of much greater value than they?
Luke 12:24Consider the ravens, that they neither sow nor reap; which have neither store-house, nor barn; and God feedeth them. Of how much greater value 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 →