# Psalms 50.9-13 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify unto thee: I am God, even thy God. 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. 13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, Or drink the blood of goats?** > > 14. Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; And pay thy vows unto the Most High: 15. And call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalms 50:7-15, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 7. “Hear, my people, and I will speak; Israel, and I will testify against you. I am God, your God. 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. 13. Will I eat the meat of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?** > > 14. Offer to God the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Pay your vows to the Most High. 15. Call on me in the day of trouble. I will deliver you, and you will honor me.” (Psalms 50:7-15, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 7. Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: I am God, even thy God. 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. 13. Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?** > > 14. Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High: 15. And call upon me in the day of trouble: I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. (Psalms 50:7-15, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 7. Hear, O My people, and I speak, O Israel, and I testify against thee, God, thy God [am] I. 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. 13. Do I eat the flesh of bulls, And drink the blood of he-goats?** > > 14. Sacrifice to God confession, And complete to the Most High thy vows. 15. And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me. (Psalms 50:7-15, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Arguments and defeaters:** - [Animal Sacrifice Objection Defeater](/codex/animal-sacrifice-objection-defeater/) - [Cosmic Dictator Objection Defeater](/codex/cosmic-dictator-objection-defeater/) **Concepts:** - [Aseity](/codex/aseity/) - [Atheism](/codex/atheism/) - [Biblical Stewardship](/codex/biblical-stewardship/), via [Psalms 50.10](/codex/psalms-50-10/) - [Preaching to Non-Believers](/codex/preaching-to-non-believers/), via [Psalms 50.7-15](/codex/psalms-50-7-15/) **Passages:** - [Acts 17.24-25](/codex/acts-17-24-25/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## 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.