Psalms 50:12

12 (49-12) If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

Psalms 50:12 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:12

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee
Or "say to thee" ^F23; ask for anything

for the world [is] mine, and the fulness thereof;
with which, was the former his case, he could satisfy himself; see ( Psalms 24:1 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 (Kl rma al) "non dicam tibi", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Musculus; "non dicerem tibi", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Psalms 50:12 In-Context

10 (49-10) For all the beasts of the woods are mine: the cattle on the hills, and the oxen.

11 (49-11) I know all the fowls of the air: and with me is the beauty of the field.

12 (49-12) If I should be hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 (49-13) Shall I eat the flesh of bullocks? or shall I drink the blood of goats?

14 (49-14) Offer to God the sacrifice of praise: and pay thy vows to the most High.