Psalm 50:12

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

14 Offer to God a thank offering and pay your vows to [the] Most High.