Tehillim 50:12

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

Tehillim 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.

Tehillim 50:12 In-Context

10 For every beast of the ya’ar (forest) is Mine, and the behemot upon a thousand hills.

11 I know kol oph (every bird) of the harim; and the animals of the wild are Mine.

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

13 Will I eat the basar of bulls, or drink the dahm of goats?

14 Sacrifice unto Elohim todah; and pay thy nedarim (vows, pledges) unto Elyon;