15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
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15 My frame was not hidden from thee, When I was made in secret, `And' curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
15 My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
15 My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
15 My frame wasn't hidden from you, When I was made in secret, Woven together in the depths of the earth.
15 My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? Hast thou not poured me out as milk, and curdled me like cheese? Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, and hast fenced me with bones and sinews.
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Commentary on Psalms 139 Matthew Henry Commentary
Psalm 139
Some of the Jewish doctors are of opinion that this is the most excellent of all the psalms of David; and a very pious devout meditation it is upon the doctrine of God's omniscience, which we should therefore have our hearts fixed upon and filled with in singing this psalm.
This great and self-evident truth, That God knows our hearts, and the hearts of all the children of men, if we did but mix faith with it and seriously consider it and apply it, would have a great influence upon our holiness and upon our comfort.
To the chief musician. A psalm of David.
Psa 139:1-6
David here lays down this great doctrine, That the God with whom we have to do has a perfect knowledge of us, and that all the motions and actions both of our inward and of our outward man are naked and open before him.
Psa 139:7-16
It is of great use to us to know the certainty of the things wherein we have been instructed, that we may not only believe them, but be able to tell why we believe them, and to give a reason of the hope that is in us. David is sure that God perfectly knows him and all his ways,
Psa 139:17-24
Here the psalmist makes application of the doctrine of God's omniscience, divers ways.