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Psalms 50:11
11I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine.
Psalms 50:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
- New International Version (NIV)I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I know all the birds of the mountains, And the wild beasts of the field are Mine.
Context of Psalms 50:11
9⌞But⌟ I will not accept ⌞another⌟ young bull from your household or a single male goat from your pens. 10Every creature in the forest, ⌞even⌟ the cattle on a thousand hills, is mine. I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine. 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, because the world and all that it contains are mine. 13Do I eat the meat of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
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יָ֭דַעְתִּי כָּל־ע֣וֹף הָרִ֑ים וְזִ֥יז שָׂ֝דַ֗י עִמָּדִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 50:11
- Psalms 104:12The birds live by the streams. They sing among the branches.
- Psalms 147:9He is the one who gives food to animals and to young ravens when they call out.
- Genesis 1:20Then God said, “Let the water swarm with swimming creatures, and let birds fly through the sky over the earth.”
- Job 38:41“Who provides food for the crow when its young ones cry to God and wander around in need of food?
- Job 39:13“Does the ostrich flap its wings in joy, or do its wings lack feathers?
- Matthew 6:26“Look at the birds. They don’t plant, harvest, or gather the harvest into barns. Yet, your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you worth more than they?
- Matthew 10:29“Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Not one of them will fall to the ground without your Father’s permission.
- Luke 12:24Consider the crows. They don’t plant or harvest. They don’t even have a storeroom or a barn. Yet, God feeds them. You are worth much more than birds.
- Isaiah 56:9All you animals in the field, all you animals in the forest, come and eat.
- Ezekiel 14:15“Suppose I send wild animals through that country and they make it childless and turn it into such a wasteland that no one travels through it because of the animals.
Commentaries on Psalms 50:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11I know all the fowls of the mountains - That is, I am fully acquainted with their numbers; their nature; their habits; their residence. I have such a knowledge of them that I could appropriate them to my own use if I were in need of them. I am not, therefore, dependent on people to offer them, for I can use them as I please. And the wild beasts of the field are mine - Margin, “with me.” That is, they are before me. They are never out of my presence. At…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-15Verses 7-15 To obey is better than sacrifice, and to love God and our neighbour better than all burnt-offerings. We are here warned not to rest in these performances. And let us beware of resting in any form. God demands the heart, and how can human inventions please him, when repentance, faith, and holiness are neglected? In the day of distress we must apply to the Lord by fervent prayer. Our troubles, though we see them coming from God's hand, must…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-13The psalmist warns against valuing sacrificial rituals more than having the right attitude in your heart.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-158-15. However scrupulous in external worship, it was offered as if they conferred an obligation in giving God His own, and with a degrading view of Him as needing it [Psa 50:9-13]. Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 50
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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