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Psalms 50:11
11I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.
Context of Psalms 50:11
9I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens, 10for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine. 12If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. 13Do I eat the flesh 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 of the sky nest by the waters; they sing among the branches.
- Psalms 147:9He provides food for the cattle and for the young ravens when they call.
- Genesis 1:20And God said, “Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky.”
- Job 38:41Who provides food 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 joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the stork.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
- Matthew 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.
- Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storeroom or barn; yet God feeds them. And how much more valuable you are than birds!
- Isaiah 56:9Come, all you beasts of the field, come and devour, all you beasts of the forest!
- Ezekiel 14:15“Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,
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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