Psalms 50:12

12 If I were 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 For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle upon a thousand hills;

11 I know all the fowl of the mountains, and the roaming creatures of the field are mine:

12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Should I eat the flesh of bulls, and drink the blood of goats?

14 Offer unto God thanksgiving, and perform thy vows unto the Most High;

Footnotes

• [a]. Tebel, 'habitable earth:' see Ps. 9.8.