15 My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and fashioned [a]beneath in the earth.

16 Thine eyes did see me, when I was without form: [b]for in thy book were all things written, which in continuance were fashioned, when there was none of them before.

17 How [c]dear therefore are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:15 That is, in my mother’s womb: which he compareth to the inward parts of the earth.
  2. Psalm 139:16 Seeing that thou didst know me before I was composed of either flesh or bone, much more now must thou know me when thou hast fashioned me.
  3. Psalm 139:17 How ought we to esteem the excellent declaration of thy wisdom in the creation of man?

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