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Psalms 139:13-18

13For thou hast possessedקָנִ֣יתָka.Ni.taH7069my reinsכִלְיֹתָ֑יkhil.yo.TaiH3629:thou hast coveredתְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִיte.su.Ke.niH5526me in my mother’sאִמִּֽי׃'i.MiH517wombבְּבֶ֣טֶןbe.Ve.tenH990.

14I will praiseאֽוֹדְךָ֗'od.KhaH3034thee; for I am fearfullyנוֹרָא֗וֹתno.ra.'otH3372andwonderfully madeנִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִיnif.Lei.tiH6395:marvellousנִפְלָאִ֥יםnif.la.'ImH6381arethy worksמַעֲשֶׂ֑יךָma.'a.Sei.khaH4639; and thatmy soulוְ֝נַפְשִׁ֗יve.naf.ShiH5315knowethיֹדַ֥עַתyo.Da.'atH3045right wellמְאֹֽד׃me.'OdH3966.

15My substanceעָצְמִ֗י'a.tze.MiH6108was not hidנִכְחַ֥דnikh.ChadH3582from thee, when I was madeעֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי'u.Sei.tiH6213in secretבַסֵּ֑תֶרva.Se.terH5643, andcuriously wroughtרֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּיru.Kam.tiH7551in the lowest partsבְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹתbe.tach.ti.YotH8482of the earthאָֽרֶץ׃'A.retzH776.

16Thine eyesעֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaH5869did seeרָ֘א֤וּra.'UH7200my substance, yet being unperfectגָּלְמִ֤י׀gal.MiH1564;and in thy bookסִפְרְךָ֮sif.re.KhaH5612all my memberswere writtenיִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּyi.Ka.Te.vuH3789, whichin continuanceיָמִ֥יםya.MimH3117were fashionedיֻצָּ֑רוּyu.Tza.ruH3335, when as yet there wasnoneאֶחָ֣ד'e.ChadH259of them.

17How preciousיָּקְר֣וּya.ke.RuH3365also are thy thoughtsרֵעֶ֣יךָre.'Ei.khaH7454unto me, O Godאֵ֑ל'ElH410!how greatעָ֝צְמוּ'A.tze.muH6105is the sumרָאשֵׁיהֶֽם׃ra.shei.HemH7218of them!

18IfI should countאֶ֭סְפְּרֵם'Es.pe.remH5608them, they are more in numberיִרְבּ֑וּןyir.BunH7235than the sandמֵח֣וֹלme.CholH2344:when I awakeהֱ֝קִיצֹ֗תִיhe.ki.Tzo.tiH6974,I am stillוְעוֹדִ֥יve.'o.DiH5750with thee.

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