Psalms 50:10

10 because every animal 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 It is not concerning [a lack of] your sacrifices [that] I rebuke you, and your burnt offerings [are] before me continually.

9 I will not take from your house a bull [or] from your stalls a he-goat,

10 because every animal of the forest is mine, [the] cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird of [the] mountains, and [every] moving creature in [the] field [is] mine.

12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, because [the] world and its fullness [are] mine.