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Psalm 50:11-13
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11 I keep track of[a] every bird in the hills,
and the insects[b] of the field are mine.
12 Even if I were hungry, I would not tell you,
for the world and all it contains belong to me.
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls?
Do I drink the blood of goats?[c]

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  1. Psalm 50:11 tn Heb “I know.”
  2. Psalm 50:11 tn The precise referent of the Hebrew word, which occurs only here and in Ps 80:13, is uncertain. Aramaic, Arabic and Akkadian cognates refer to insects, such as locusts or crickets.
  3. Psalm 50:13 tn The rhetorical questions assume an emphatic negative response, “Of course not!”
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Psalm 50:11-13
New International Version

11 I know every bird(A) in the mountains,
    and the insects in the fields(B) are mine.
12 If I were hungry I would not tell you,
    for the world(C) is mine, and all that is in it.(D)
13 Do I eat the flesh of bulls
    or drink the blood of goats?

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