Psalms 50:12

12 If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

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 For every beast of the woodland is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I see all the birds of the mountains, and the beasts of the field are mine.

12 If I had need of food, I would not give you word of it; for the earth is mine and all its wealth.

13 Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

14 Make an offering of praise to God; keep the agreements which you have made with the Most High;