Psalms 139:13
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 day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- KJV
- For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
- WEB
- For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
- ASV
- For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother`s womb.
- DARBY
- For thou hast possessed my reins; thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.
- BLB
- For You have possessed my kidneys; You covered me in the womb of my mother.
- ÅB
- For du har skapt mine nyrer, du virket meg i min mors liv.
- OTB
- For Du dannet mine innvoller;
Du vevde meg sammen i min mors liv. - B1930
- For du har skapt mine nyrer, du virket mig i min mors liv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 1:5
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
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Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Read in contextIsaiah 44:2
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Read in contextJob 31:15
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Read in contextJob 10:9–12
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again?
Read in contextPsalms 22:9–10
But thou art he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts.
Read in contextPsalms 71:6
By thee have I been holden up from the womb: thou art he that took me out of my mother’s bowels: my praise shall be continually of thee.
Read in contextIsaiah 46:3
Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:
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