Psalm 139:13-18
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13 For it was you who formedA my inward parts;B
you knit me togetherC in my mother’sD womb.E
14 I praiseF you, for I am fearfullyG and wonderfully made.H
WonderfulI are your works;J
15 My frameN was not hiddenO from you,
when I was being madeP in secret,Q
intricately wovenR in the depthsS of the earth.T
16 Your eyesU beheldV my unformedW substance.
In your bookX were writtenY
allZ the daysAA that were formedBB for me,
when noneCC of them as yet existed.
17 How weightyDD to me are your thoughts,EE O God!FF
How vastGG is the sumHH of them!
18 I try to countII them—they are moreJJ than the sand;KK
I come to the endLL—I am still with you.
Image credit: “Universal Human” by Brian Gianelli. Photo by Tom Check, 2008.
