Psalm 50:11
“I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 50Meaning
God knows every bird of the mountains and every creature of the field is his; the point is divine ownership and knowledge, not contempt for material creation.
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
God knows every bird of the mountains and every creature of the field is his; the point is divine ownership and knowledge, not contempt for material creation.
Reflection
God knows every bird of the mountains and every creature of the field is his; the point is divine ownership and knowledge, not contempt for material creation.