Psalms 50:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.a ”

Psalms 50:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 th...
Psalms 50:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

L. God Looks to Conduct rather than to Sacrifice. For the attitude to sacrifice, cf. Psalms 40*. Psalms 50:1-6 . The expected Theophany. Psalms 50:1 . Read mg. with LXX. called the e...
Psalms 50:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 584 SPIRITUAL OBEDIENCE PREFERRED BEFORE SACRIFICE Psalms 50:7-15 . Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee; I am God, even thy God. I will not...
Psalms 50:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
Psalms 50:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I know all the fowls of the mountains— I know all the fowls of the air. Houbigant.
Psalms 50:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. I know all the fowls. Knowledge and ownership go together; Omniscience is inseparably linked with I know al...
Psalms 50:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The title ( A PsALM of Asaph ) is discussed in Intro, to Book 3, where the other Pss. of Asaph are found. The present Ps. is one of solemn warning to those who attempt to serve God by formal sacrific...
Psalms 50:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(9-18) Notice the fine tone of irony that pervades this rebuke, the best weapon against ritualistic errors.
Psalms 50:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 50:1-23 This is the first of the Asaph psalms, and is separated from the other eleven ( Psalms 73:1-28 ; Psalms 74:1-23 ; Psalms 75:1-10 ; Psalms 76:1-12 ; Psalms 77:1-20 ; Psalms 78:1...
Psalms 50:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Sacrifices Which God Desires Psalms 50:1-15 This is one of the most majestic compositions of this book. For literary power it cannot be excelled. The psalmist hears God calling the whole world...
Psalms 50:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The singer addresses himself in the name of God to the whole earth, that it may hear and learn an important lesson. The call is made in the first verse. The final appeal is in verses Psalms 50:22-23...
Psalms 50:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a solemn appeal to God's ancient people, the Jews, on the subject of sacrifices. What language here is, to show in what light sacrifices under the law ought to have been regarded, and with wh...
Psalms 50:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, M...
Psalms 50:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 bef...
Psalms 50:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices , &c. This is not the principal matter of my charge against thee, that thou hast neglected sacrifices, which thou shouldest have offered; for, although...
Psalms 50:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Inefficacy of Legal Sacrifices. 7 Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I...
Psalms 50:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 mount...
Psalms 50:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

God Addresses His People As Defendants And Reveals That He Is Not Judging Them Because Of The Inadequacy of Their Physical Sacrifices, Which In Fact Are Not Needed By Him, But Because Of The Inadequ...
Psalms 50:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription . “ A Psalm of Asaph .” Asaph was “a Levite, son of Berachiah, one of the leaders of David’s choir ( 1 Chronicles 6:39 ). Psalms 50, 73-83 are attributed to him, but pro...
Psalms 50:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 50:1-4 . The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun until the going down thereof. Out of Zion the perfection of beauty, God hath shined. Our...
Psalms 50:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Asaph, to whom this psalm is inscribed, was a seer, as well as head of the singers. He was also the author of twelve psalms, extremely beautiful, and highly prophetic. He here declares that EL ELOHIM...
Psalms 50:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

The mighty God, even the Lord, hath spoken, and called the earth, from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof. The first of the Asaph psalms This , the first of the Asaph psalms, is...
Psalms 50:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE psalmist announces an appearance of God to his people "out of Zion," and a pronouncement of judgment upon them, which all heaven ( Psalms 50:4 ) and earth ( Psalms 50:1 ) are ca...
Psalms 50:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the True Service of God. A psalm of Asaph, one of the directors of the Temple-chorus at the time of David, distinguished for musical and poetical ability, 1 Chronicles 26. The hymn shows how th...
Psalms 50:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 14:15 ; Ezekiel 14:16 ; Genesis 1:20-22 ; Isaiah 56:9 ; Job 38:41 ; Job 39:13-18 ; Job 39:26-30 ; Luke 12:24 ; Matthew 10:29-31 ; Matthew 6:26 ; Psalms 104:12 ; Psalms 147:9
Psalms 50:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The fowls — Such as are wild and fly up and down upon mountains.

Psalms 50:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 50:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 50:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 50:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 50:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 50:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 50:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 50:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 50:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 50:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes