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16 Your eyes saw me unformed;
    in your book all are written down;(A)
    my days were shaped, before one came to be.

III

17 How precious to me are your designs, O God;
    how vast the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them, they would outnumber the sands;
    when I complete them, still you are with me.(B)

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16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained(A) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
17 How precious to me are your thoughts,[a](B) God!(C)
    How vast is the sum of them!
18 Were I to count them,(D)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand(E)
    when I awake,(F) I am still with you.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 139:17 Or How amazing are your thoughts concerning me