Psalm 50:11

11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.

Psalm 50:11 in Other Translations

11 I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

11 I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine.

11 I know every bird on the mountains, and all the animals of the field are mine.

11 I know every mountain bird by name; the scampering field mice are my friends.

11 I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.

11 I know every bird in the mountains. Everything that moves in the fields is mine.

11 I know every bird of the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.

11 I own every bird in the mountains. The creatures of the field belong to me.

Psalm 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 ) .

Psalm 50:11 In-Context

9 I have no need of a bull from your stall or of goats from your pens,

10 for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

11 I know every bird in the mountains, and the insects in the fields are mine.

12 If I were hungry I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.

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

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 6:26
• 2. Psalms 8:7; Psalms 80:13