New English Translation
Psalms 50:11
11I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are 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
9I do not need to take a bull from your household or goats from your sheepfolds. 10For every wild animal in the forest belongs to me, as well as the cattle that graze on a thousand hills. I keep track of every bird in the hills, and the insects of the field are mine. 12Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and all it contains belong to me. 13Do I eat the flesh of bulls? Do I 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 of the sky live beside them; they chirp among the bushes.
- Psalms 147:9He gives food to the animals, and to the young ravens when they chirp.
- Genesis 1:20God said, “Let the water swarm with swarms of living creatures and let birds fly above the earth across the expanse of the sky.”
- Job 38:41Who prepares prey for the raven, when its young cry out to God and wander about for lack of food?
- Job 39:13“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds in the sky: They do not sow, or reap, or gather into barns, yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you more valuable than they are?
- Matthew 10:29Aren’t two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will.
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn, yet God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than the birds!
- Isaiah 56:9All you wild animals in the fields, come and devour, all you wild animals in the forest!
- Ezekiel 14:15“Suppose I were to send wild animals through the land and kill its children, leaving it desolate, without travelers due to the wild 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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