Psalms 139:13

My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

In Context

12Even the dark is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day: for dark and light are the same to you.

14I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

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Cross References

Job 10:11By you I was clothed with skin and flesh, and joined together with bones and muscles.

Psalms 22:9\22:8\He put his faith in the Lord; let the Lord be his saviour now: let the Lord be his saviour, because he had delight in him.

Psalms 95:6O come, let us give worship, falling down on our knees before the Lord our Maker.

Isaiah 44:2The Lord who made you, forming you in your mother's body, the Lord, your helper, says, Have no fear, O Jacob my servant, and you, Jeshurun, whom I have taken for myself.

Jeremiah 1:5Before you were formed in the body of your mother I had knowledge of you, and before your birth I made you holy; I have given you the work of being a prophet to the nations.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 139:8-17

The Omniscience of God. 7 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? 8 If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. 9 If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; 10 Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me. 11 If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. 12 Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the… Read the whole commentary →

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