Psalms 139:13

Psalms 139:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
• New International Version (NIV)For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother's womb.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother’s womb.

Context of Psalms 139:13

11I might say, ‘I will hide myself in the dark, and the light round me will change into night.’ 12But it is never too dark for you to see. For you, the night has as much light as the day. Darkness and light are the same to you! You made every part of me. You made me grow inside my mother before I was born. 14I thank you for the wonderful way that you have made me. Everything that you do is wonderful! I know it is true. 15While you caused me to grow in a secret place, none of my body was hidden from you. You made me deep in the earth.

Psalms 139:13 word by word

כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For thou hast possessedקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• my reinsכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
• thou hast coveredסָכַךְsâkak ώâkak · to weaveH5526
• me in my mother’sאֵם'êm · motherH517
• wombבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: wombH990

Cross-references for Psalms 139:13

• Job 10:9Remember that you made me, like someone who uses clay to make things. Will you now make me become dust again?
• Psalms 22:9Lord, you brought me safely to birth. You took care of me at my mother's breasts.
• Psalms 71:6Since I was born, you have been there to help me. You have taken care of me since my mother gave birth to me. So I will always praise you!
• Job 31:15God made me and he made my servants too. God brought us all to birth.
• Isaiah 44:2The Lord created you. Before you were born, he was already taking care of you. He will continue to help you. He says to you, ‘Do not be afraid, my servant, Jacob. I call you “Jeshurun”, and I have chosen you to belong to me.
• Isaiah 46:3The Lord says, ‘Listen to me, you family of Jacob. Yes, listen to me, all you Israelites who are still alive. I have taken care of you since you first became a nation. I have carried you since you were born.
• Jeremiah 1:5‘I already knew you before I made you inside your mother's body. I chose you to be special before you were born. I chose you to be my prophet, to speak my message to other nations.’

Commentaries on Psalms 139:13

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13For thou hast possessed my reins - The word here rendered “possessed” means properly to “set upright,” to “erect,” and hence, the derivative of the verb is applied to a cane or reed, as being erect. Then the word means to found, to create, Genesis 14:19, Genesis 14:22 - as the heavens and the earth; and then, to get, to gain, to purchase, etc. Here the word seems to be used in its original sense, to make, create, etc. The idea is, not as in our…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-16Verses 7-16 We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save any person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secret haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13my inmost being: The delicate inner parts of the body include a person's very being. Even when hidden in his mother’s womb, the psalmist was guided by the Lord.Read the comment
• Rashi on Tanakh · v. 13For You created my reins which think all my thoughts.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

• Attain
• Continuance
• Count
• Cover
• Curiously
• Fearfully
• Hold
• Reins
• Sum
• Uprising

Commentaries on Psalms 139

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings