Psalms 50:12

12 "If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.

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 ) .


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 all the animals in the forest are mine and the cattle on thousands of hills.
11 All the wild birds are mine and all living things in the fields.
12 "If I were hungry, I would not ask you for food, for the world and everything in it is mine.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats?
14 Let the giving of thanks be your sacrifice to God, and give the Almighty all that you promised.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.