Psalms 50:11

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

Psalms 50:11 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 50:11

I know all the fowls of the mountains
God not only knows them, but takes care of them; not a sparrow fails to the ground without his knowledge, and all the fowls of the air are fed by him, ( Matthew 10:29 ) ( 6:26 ) ; and therefore needed not their turtledoves and young pigeons, which were the only fowls used in sacrifice;

and the wild beasts of the field [are] mine;
which are mentioned in opposition to domestic ones, such as they had in their houses or folds, ( Psalms 50:9 ) .

Psalms 50:11 In-Context

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.

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