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Psalms 50:11

Psalms 50:11
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Mat…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I know all the fowls of the mountains - That is, I am fully acquainted with their numbers; their nature; their habits; their residence. I have such a knowledge of them that I could appropriate them to…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 50:7-15

God is here dealing with those that placed all their religion in the observances of the ceremonial law, and thought those sufficient.

I. He lays down the original contract between him and Israel, in…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The wild beasts of the field A peculiar phrase, found only in another Asaphite Psalm (Psa 80:13), meaning probably all that moveth in the field, including the -creeping thing" (Gen 1:24 f).

are mine…