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Psalms 139:13-18

13Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588Youאַ֭תָּה'A.tahH859formedקָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.taH7069my inmost beingכִלְיֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.TaiH3629;You knit me togetherתְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיte.su.Ke.niH5526in my mother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990.

14I praiseאֽוֹדְךָ֗'od.KhaH3034Youעַ֤ל'alH5921,forכִּ֥יkiH3588I am fearfullyנוֹרָא֗וֹתno.ra.'otH3372and wonderfully madeנִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִיnif.Lei.tiH6395.Marvelousנִפְלָאִ֥יםnif.la.'ImH6381areYour worksמַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639,and Iוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗יve.naf.ShiH5315know thisיֹדַ֥עַתyo.Da.'atH3045very wellמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

15My frameעָצְמִ֗י'a.tze.MiH6108was notלֹא־lo'-H3808hiddenנִכְחַ֥דnikh.ChadH3582from Youמִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּmi.Me.kaH4480whenאֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-H834I was madeעֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי'u.Sei.tiH6213in secretבַסֵּ֑תֶרva.Se.terH5643,when I was woven togetherרֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיru.Kam.tiH7551in the depthsבְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbe.tach.ti.YotH8482of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

16Your eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869sawרָ֘א֤וּra.'UH7200my unformed bodyגָּלְמִ֤י׀gal.MiH1564;allכֻּלָּ֪םku.LamH3605my daysיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117were writtenיִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּyi.Ka.Te.vuH3789inוְעַֽל־ve.'al-H5921Your bookסִפְרְךָ֮sif.re.KhaH5612and ordained for meיֻצָּ֑רוּyu.Tza.ruH3335 H3808before one of them came to beאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259.

17Howמַה־mah-H4100precious to meיָּקְר֣וּya.ke.RuH3365are Your thoughtsרֵעֶ֣יךָre.'Ei.khaH7454,O Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410,howמֶ֥הmehH4100vastעָ֝צְמוּ'A.tze.muH6105is their sumרָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ra.shei.HemH7218!

18IfI were to count themאֶ֭סְפְּרֵם'Es.pe.remH5608,they would outnumberיִרְבּ֑וּןyir.BunH7235the grains of sandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344;and when I awakeהֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִיhe.ki.Tzo.tiH6974,I am stillוְעוֹדִ֥יve.'o.DiH5750with Youעִמָּֽךְ׃'i.MakhH5973.

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