# Psalms 50.10 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; And thy burnt-offerings are continually before me. 9. I will take no bullock out of thy house, Nor he-goats out of thy folds. > > **10. For every beast of the forest is mine, And the cattle upon a thousand hills.** > > 11. I know all the birds of the mountains; And the wild beasts of the field are mine. 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. (Psalms 50:8-12, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 8. I don’t rebuke you for your sacrifices. Your burnt offerings are continually before me. 9. I have no need for a bull from your stall, nor male goats from your pens. > > **10. For every animal of the forest is mine, and the livestock on a thousand hills.** > > 11. I know all the birds of the mountains. The wild animals of the field are mine. 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is mine, and all that is in it. (Psalms 50:8-12, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 8. I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices or thy burnt offerings, to have been continually before me. 9. I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds. > > **10. For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.** > > 11. I know all the fowls of the mountains: and the wild beasts of the field are mine. mine: Heb. with me 12. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof. (Psalms 50:8-12, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 8. Not for thy sacrifices do I reprove thee, Yea, thy burnt-offerings [Are] before Me continually. 9. I take not from thy house a bullock, From thy folds he goats. > > **10. For Mine [is] every beast of the forest, The cattle on the hills of oxen.** > > 11. I have known every fowl of the mountains, And the wild beast of the field [is] with Me. 12. If I am hungry I tell not to thee, For Mine [is] the world and its fulness. (Psalms 50:8-12, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** various (David majority; Asaph, Korah, Moses, Solomon, anonymous) - **Audience:** worshipping Israel (corporate + individual devotion) - **Location:** Israel, various periods - **Time period:** composition spans c. 1400 BC (Moses, Ps 90), c. 400 BC; principal Davidic composition c. 1000 BC ## Theological reading ## Key words - [H2416 - chay](/codex/h2416-chay/), *chay* (Strong's H2416). Also appears in: [Genesis 1.21](/codex/genesis-1-21/), [Genesis 1.24-28](/codex/genesis-1-24-28/), [Genesis 1.28](/codex/genesis-1-28/). ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses. ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/), via [Psalms 50.9-13](/codex/psalms-50-9-13/) - [Cosmic Dictator Objection Defeater](/codex/cosmic-dictator-objection-defeater/), via [Psalms 50.9-13](/codex/psalms-50-9-13/) **Concepts:** - [Aseity](/codex/aseity/), via [Psalms 50.9-13](/codex/psalms-50-9-13/) - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/), via [Psalms 50.9-13](/codex/psalms-50-9-13/) - [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/) - [Preaching to Non-Believers](/codex/preaching-to-non-believers/), via [Psalms 50.7-15](/codex/psalms-50-7-15/)