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Psalms 50:11
11I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals 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
9But I do not need the bulls from your barns or the goats from your pens. 10For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills. I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine. 12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for all the world is mine and everything in it. 13Do I eat the meat 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 nest beside the streams and sing among the branches of the trees.
- Psalms 147:9He gives food to the wild animals and feeds the young ravens when they cry.
- Genesis 1:20Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.”
- Job 38:41Who provides food for the ravens when their young cry out to God and wander about in hunger?
- Job 39:13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork.
- Matthew 6:26Look at the birds. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for your heavenly Father feeds them. And aren’t you far more valuable to him than they are?
- Matthew 10:29What is the price of two sparrows—one copper coin? But not a single sparrow can fall to the ground without your Father knowing it.
- Luke 12:24Look at the ravens. They don’t plant or harvest or store food in barns, for God feeds them. And you are far more valuable to him than any birds!
- Isaiah 56:9Come, wild animals of the field! Come, wild animals of the forest! Come and devour my people!
- Ezekiel 14:15“Or suppose I were to send wild animals to invade the country, kill the people, and make the land too desolate and dangerous to pass through.
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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