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Psalm 50:12

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

10For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.
11I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine.
12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it.
14Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High.
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Notice

God’s imagined hunger exposes the limits of human offerings: everything a worshipper could bring already belongs to him, along with the whole world.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 24:1A Psalm by David. The earth is the LORD’s, with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell in it.Both psalms declare that the world and everything filling it belong to God.
Exodus 19:5Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine;God declares his ownership of the whole earth in both passages, addressing the people who worship and obey him.
Deuteronomy 10:14Behold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.Both passages name the earth and everything in it as God’s possession; Deuteronomy also names the heavens.
1 Corinthians 10:26–28for “the earth is the Lord’s, and its fullness.”Both texts ground their statements in God’s ownership of the earth and all that fills it.
Job 41:11Who has first given to me, that I should repay him? Everything under the heavens is mine.Both passages connect God’s ownership of everything with his freedom from dependence on human gifts.
Psalm 115:15–16Blessed are you by the LORD, who made heaven and earth.The shared thread is God’s relation to the earth: Psalm 50 declares his ownership, while Psalm 115 names him as maker.
Psalm 89:11The heavens are yours. The earth also is yours, the world and its fullness. You have founded them.Both psalms declare that the world and its fullness belong to God; Psalm 89 also speaks of their founding.
Exodus 9:29Moses said to him, “As soon as I have gone out of the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunders shall cease, and there will not be any more …Both passages declare that the earth belongs to God, with Exodus connecting that truth to the end of the hail.
Deuteronomy 33:16for the precious things of the earth and its fullness, the good will of him who lived in the bush. Let this come on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the …Both speak of the earth and its fullness; Deuteronomy names its precious things, while the psalm declares God’s ownership.
Genesis 8:17Bring out with you every living thing that is with you of all flesh, including birds, livestock, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth, that they …The link is the earth and its living things; Genesis describes their increase, while the psalm declares God’s ownership.
Where this verse fits

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Something small to carry out of this verse

Read verses 10–14 and list what belongs to God

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Encouragement

Your worship does not supply something God lacks. The surrounding verses make room for thanksgiving: you bring thanks to the God who already owns the world and everything in it.

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