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Psalms 139:13
13You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb.
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 could ask the darkness to hide me and the light around me to become night— 12but even in darkness I cannot hide from you. To you the night shines as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same to you. You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. 14Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. 15You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
Read all of Psalms 139Psalms 139:13 word by word
כִּֽי־אַ֭תָּה קָנִ֣יתָ כִלְיֹתָ֑י תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗נִי בְּבֶ֣טֶן אִמִּֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 139:13
- Job 10:9Remember that you made me from dust— will you turn me back to dust so soon?
- Psalms 22:9Yet you brought me safely from my mother’s womb and led me to trust you at my mother’s breast.
- Psalms 71:6Yes, you have been with me from birth; from my mother’s womb you have cared for me. No wonder I am always praising you!
- Job 31:15For God created both me and my servants. He created us both in the womb.
- Isaiah 44:2The Lord who made you and helps you says: Do not be afraid, O Jacob, my servant, O dear Israel, my chosen one.
- Isaiah 46:3“Listen to me, descendants of Jacob, all you who remain in Israel. I have cared for you since you were born. Yes, I carried you before you were born.
- Jeremiah 1:5“I knew you before I formed you in your mother’s womb. Before you were born I set you apart and appointed you as my prophet to the 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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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
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