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For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother`s womb.
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God, the Intimate Architect
Commentators explain that God didn't just 'possess' our inward parts; He actively 'formed' or 'created' them. The original Hebrew for 'covered' can also mean 'knit together' or 'wove,' painting a picture of God as a master craftsman intricately designing you in the womb. This intimate act of creation is the foundation for His complete knowledge of every part of your being.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For you have possessed my reins—The word here rendered “possessed” properly means to “set upright,” to “erect,” and therefore, the …
19th Century
Anglican
For ... — The mystery of birth, regarded as one of the greatest mysteries (), is a proof of God’s omniscience.
Poss…
Baptist
You have covered me in my mother's womb. I will praise you;
That is a very sweet thing for the psalmist to say. Just when he felt st…
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16th Century
Protestant
For you have possessed my reins. Apparently, the psalmist pursues the same subject, though he carries it out somewhat further. He declares…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For thou hast possessed my reins His thoughts and counsels, the reins being the seat of instruction and counsel; hen…
We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Where can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in…
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