Psalms 50:12

“If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.”

"If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof." - Psalms 50:12
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What does Psalms 50:12 mean?

Psalms 50:12 (KJV) states, "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof." This verse is a part of a larger passage in Psalm 50, which is a psalm of Asaph. Asaph was a Levite who served as a chief musician and one of David's singers…

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The Sovereign Provider: Understanding God's Abundance

Psalm 50:12 reads, "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof." This verse, nestled within the rich tapestry of the psalmist’s declaration about God’s unmatched sovereignty and abundance, compels us to reflect on our understanding of…

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A Prayer of Recognition and Dependence on God's Sovereignty

Heavenly Father, I come before You with a heart that seeks to understand the depth of Your wisdom and the breadth of Your sovereignty. Your Word in Psalms 50:12 profoundly reminds me of Your might and majesty: "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and…

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Psalms 50:12 - "If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof."
"Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined." - Psalms 50:2
"For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills." - Psalms 50:10
"And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah." - Psalms 50:6
Psalms 50:13 - "Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?"
Psalms 50:2 - "Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined."
"I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine." - Psalms 50:11
"Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:" - Psalms 50:14
Psalms 50:6 - "And the heavens shall declare his righteousness: for God is judge himself. Selah."
Psalms 50:11 - "I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine."
Psalms 119:50 - "This is my comfort in my affliction: for thy word hath quickened me."
Psalms 50:10 - "For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills."
Psalms 50:14 - "Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:"
Psalms 50:19 - "Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit."
Psalms 50:17 - "Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee."
Psalms 50:5 - "Gather my saints together unto me; those that have made a covenant with me by sacrifice."
Psalms 50:15 - "And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me."
Psalms 50:22 - "Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver."
"He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people." - Psalms 50:4
Psalms 50:18 - "When thou sawest a thief, then thou consentedst with him, and hast been partaker with adulterers."
Psalms 50:4 - "He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people."
Psalms 50:9 - "I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds."
Psalms 50:20 - "Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son."
Psalms 50:23 - "Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God."
Psalms 18:50 - "Great deliverance giveth he to his king; and sheweth mercy to his anointed, to David, and to his seed for evermore."
Psalms 78:50 - "He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;"
Psalms 50:8 - "I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me."
Psalms 50:1 - "The mighty God, even the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof."
"He made a way to his anger; he spared not their soul from death, but gave their life over to the pestilence;" - Psalms 78:50