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I will give thanks to you, For I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.
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A Miracle in the Mirror
Commentators overwhelmingly agree that "fearfully and wonderfully made" refers to the awe-inspiring complexity of the human body. Scholars like Barnes and Spurgeon note that the more one understands anatomy—the intricate systems of bones, muscles, and nerves—the more one should be filled with reverence for the Creator. Your own body is presented as a masterpiece of divine wisdom and a primary evidence of God's marvelous works.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I will praise you - I will not merely admire what is so great and marvelous, but I will acknowledge you in a public manner as wise, and holy…
19th Century
Anglican
For I am ...—Literally, because I am fearfully separated or distinguished (see Note on Psalm 26…
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully [and] wonderfully made the formation of man is not of himself, nor of h…
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…