Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
World English Bible
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 birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
13Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;
Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.
Psalms 104:24LORD, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.
Psalms 145:15The eyes of all wait for you. You give 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 →