Psalm 50:12

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.

Psalm 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.

Psalm 50:12 In-Context

10 for every animal of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and everything in it is Mine.

13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?

14 Sacrifice a thank offering to God, and pay your vows to the Most High.

Footnotes

• [a] Ps 24:1