Psalm 50:10
“For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
Every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills already belong to God; creation is God’s possession before any worshiper offers anything.
God wants grateful dependence, not transactional sacrifice
Psalm 50 is a covenant-liturgy and wisdom-like judgment psalm in which God summons heaven and earth, rejects any idea that sacrifice feeds or obligates him, calls for thanksgiving and trust, and exposes the contradiction between reciting covenant words and practicing theft, sexual betrayal, deceit, and slander.
Read carefully
Every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills already belong to God; creation is God’s possession before any worshiper offers anything.
Reflection
Every animal of the forest and the cattle on a thousand hills already belong to God; creation is God’s possession before any worshiper offers anything.