Psalm 50:10

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For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (NKJV)

for every animal of the forest is mine, and the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (NIV)

For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (KJV)

For all the animals of the forest are mine, and I own the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (NLT)

For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (ESV)

For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills.

Psalm 50:10 (NASB)

Scripture taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

For every beast of the forest is Mine, the cattle on a thousand hills [are Mine].

Psalm 50:10 (AMP)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMP), Copyright © 2015 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills or upon the mountains where thousands are.

Psalm 50:10 (AMPC)

Scripture quotations taken from the Amplified® Bible (AMPC), Copyright © 1954, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. www.lockman.org

Every creature in the forest is mine, the wild animals on all the mountains.

Psalm 50:10 (MSG)

Scripture quotations from The Message. Copyright © 1993, 2002, 2018 by Eugene H. Peterson. Used by permission of NavPress. All rights reserved. Represented by Tyndale House Publishers.

New Covenant Meaning

God Does Not Own Some Things. He Owns Everything.

The context of Psalm 50:10 is God speaking about sacrifices and offerings, making the point that He does not need them because He lacks nothing. Every beast of the forest is already His. Every head of cattle on a thousand hills already belongs to Him. Haggai 2:8 extends the declaration: the silver is Mine and the gold is Mine, says the Lord of hosts. There is no resource in the natural world that God is short on, because everything in existence belongs to Him. This is the theological bedrock of provision. When you pray to a God who owns everything, you are not asking a limited provider to scrape together what you need. You are appealing to the Owner of all things.

The Owner of All Things Is Your Father

The New Covenant transforms this truth from a theological statement into a personal reality. Romans 8:15 says you have received a spirit of adoption by which you cry out, Abba, Father. Romans 8:17 says you are an heir of God and a joint heir with Christ. An heir does not relate to the family estate as a stranger who hopes the owner might spare something. The estate belongs to the family, and you are in the family. Philippians 4:19 is the practical expression of this: God will supply all your need according to His riches in glory. According to His riches. Sized to the wealth of the One who owns the cattle on a thousand hills, not sized to your current circumstances.

Lack is not the default state of a child whose Father owns all things. That does not mean believers never experience seasons of shortage, but it does mean that shortage is not the theological baseline for the heirs of God. The cross did not just secure forgiveness. Galatians 3:13-14 says Christ redeemed us from the curse so that the blessing of Abraham would come upon us. Abraham was a man of extraordinary material blessing. The God who called him is the same God who owns every beast of the forest, every head of cattle, all the silver and gold. And He is your Father.

Application for Your Life

Reframe Every Prayer for Provision

When you ask God for provision, you are not asking a God who is scraping to find what you need. You are asking the God who owns everything and who has already declared His intent to supply all your needs according to His riches. That is not a tentative promise from a reluctant provider. It is the statement of an Owner who is also a Father, who is pleased to give His children what they need. Pray with that awareness. Come to God with the confidence that belongs to an heir, not the timidity of a stranger making a request of a distant landlord.

Let God's Ownership Rest Your Striving

One of the practical outcomes of truly believing Psalm 50:10 is that it quiets a frantic, grasping approach to life. When you believe the resources of the universe belong to the God who is your Father, you can stop white-knuckling every opportunity, terrified that if you miss this one, there will not be another. There is always more in the Owner's possession. Matthew 6:33 frames it plainly: seek first the kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. The One who adds them is not running low. He has the cattle on a thousand hills.

Prayer Based on This Verse

Father, I anchor myself today in what is true. Every beast of the forest is Yours. The cattle on a thousand hills are Yours. The silver and the gold are Yours. And You are my Father. I am Your heir. I am a joint heir with Christ. I do not come to You as a stranger hoping You have something to spare. I come as Your child, trusting that the God who owns everything is also the God who promised to supply all my needs according to His riches in glory. I release anxiety about provision. I rest in Your ownership and Your fatherhood. What I need exists in Your hands, and Your hands are open toward me. In Jesus' name. Amen.