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Psalms 139:13-18
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Psalms 139:13-18
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You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother.
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I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
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My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
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Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day [of my life] was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place.
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How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! How vast in number they are!
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If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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Psalms 139:13-18 Meaning and Commentary
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John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Psalms 139:13-18 In-Context
11
If I say, "Let the darkness hide me and let the light around me turn into night,"
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even the darkness is not too dark for you. Night is as bright as day. Darkness and light are the same [to you].
13
You alone created my inner being. You knitted me together inside my mother.
14
I will give thanks to you because I have been so amazingly and miraculously made. Your works are miraculous, and my soul is fully aware of this.
15
My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
16
Your eyes saw me when I was only a fetus. Every day [of my life] was recorded in your book before one of them had taken place.
17
How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God! How vast in number they are!
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If I try to count them, there would be more of them than there are grains of sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.
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I wish that you would kill wicked people, O God, and that bloodthirsty people would leave me alone.
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They say wicked things about you. Your enemies misuse your name.
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