Psalms 50:10

10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalms 50:10 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:10

For every beast of the forest [is] mine
By creation and preservation; and therefore he stood in no need of their bullocks and he goats;

[and the cattle upon a thousand hills;
meaning all the cattle in the whole world.

Psalms 50:10 In-Context

8 Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me.
9 I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds.
10 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.
11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.
12 "If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine.

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