Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 50:11

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

11. 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 ] Lit., are with me, i.e. are in my sight (P.B.V.), or, in my mind (R.V. marg.).

12f. If God had need of sustenance, He would not be dependent upon man for it: but a spiritual Being needs no material support.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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 my own use if I were in need of them. I am not, therefore, dependent on people to offer them, for I can use them as I please.

And the wild beasts of the field are mine – Margin, with me. That is, they are before me. They are never out of my presence. At any time, therefore, I could use them as I might need them. The word rendered wild beasts – zyz – means any moving thing; and the idea here is, whatever moves in the field, or roams abroad. Everything is his – whether on the mountains, in the forest, or in the cultivated field.

Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible

I know where they are, and whence I can easily fetch them when I think good.

The fowls of the mountains; not only tame and domestic fowls, but even such as are wild and fly up and down upon mountains; which though out of mans reach, are at Gods command.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

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,

Mt 10:29; 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,

Ps 50:9.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(11) Wild beasts.Literally, that which moveth. (Comp. Psa. 80:13.)

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

Psa 50:11. I know all the fowls of the mountains I know all the fowls of the air. Houbigant.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

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

Ver. 11. I know all the fowls of the mountains ] i.e. In numerato habeo, saith Vatablus, they are always before me ready at my service.

And the wild beasts of the field ] R. Solomon interpreteth it reptiles, the creeping things of the field; others, copiam volucrum in vallibus, the abundance of birds that are up and down the fields and valleys.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

know: Psa 104:12, Psa 147:9, Gen 1:20-22, Job 38:41, Job 39:13-18, Job 39:26-30, Mat 6:26, Mat 10:29-31, Luk 12:24

wild: Isa 56:9, Eze 14:15, Eze 14:16

mine: Heb. with me

Reciprocal: Exo 19:5 – all the earth Psa 148:10 – Beasts Dan 2:38 – the beasts Mat 21:3 – The Lord Luk 12:6 – and

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge