Psalms 50:11
I know every bird in the mountains, and the creatures of the field are Mine.
BSB
ASV
I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine.
KJV
I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.
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 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, Psa 50:9.
The address which follows is directed to the professed people of God. It is clearly, in the first place, meant for Israel; but is equally applicable to the visible church of God in every age. It declares the futility of external worship when spiritual faith is absent, and the mere outward ceremonial is rested in.
Reproving them for such foolish and blasphemous notions, He teaches them to offer, or literally, "sacrifice," thanksgiving, and pay, or perform, their vows--that is, to bring, with the external symbolical service, the homage of the heart, and faith, penitence, and love. To this is added an invitation to seek, and a promise to afford, all needed help in trouble.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The walk8
Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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Matthew 6:26Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?
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He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Who provides food for the raven when its young cry out to God as they wander about for lack of food?
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.
Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
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Luke 12:24Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
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And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
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Psalms 104:12The birds of the air nest beside the springs; they sing among the branches.
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wild animals and all cattle, crawling creatures and flying birds,