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PSA Intro Ps1 Ps2 Ps3 Ps4 Ps5 Ps6 Ps7 Ps8 Ps9 Ps10 Ps11 Ps12 Ps13 Ps14 Ps15 Ps16 Ps17 Ps18 Ps19 Ps20 Ps21 Ps22 Ps23 Ps24 Ps25 Ps26 Ps27 Ps28 Ps29 Ps30 Ps31 Ps32 Ps33 Ps34 Ps35 Ps36 Ps37 Ps38 Ps39 Ps40 Ps41 Ps42 Ps43 Ps44 Ps45 Ps46 Ps47 Ps48 Ps49 Ps50 Ps51 Ps52 Ps53 Ps54 Ps55 Ps56 Ps57 Ps58 Ps59 Ps60 Ps61 Ps62 Ps63 Ps64 Ps65 Ps66 Ps67 Ps68 Ps69 Ps70 Ps71 Ps72 Ps73 Ps74 Ps75 Ps76 Ps77 Ps78 Ps79 Ps80 Ps81 Ps82 Ps83 Ps84 Ps85 Ps86 Ps87 Ps88 Ps89 Ps90 Ps91 Ps92 Ps93 Ps94 Ps95 Ps96 Ps97 Ps98 Ps99 Ps100 Ps101 Ps102 Ps103 Ps104 Ps105 Ps106 Ps107 Ps108 Ps109 Ps110 Ps111 Ps112 Ps113 Ps114 Ps115 Ps116 Ps117 Ps118 Ps119 Ps120 Ps121 Ps122 Ps123 Ps124 Ps125 Ps126 Ps127 Ps128 Ps129 Ps130 Ps131 Ps132 Ps133 Ps134 Ps135 Ps136 Ps137 Ps138 Ps139 Ps140 Ps141 Ps142 Ps143 Ps144 Ps145 Ps146 Ps147 Ps148 Ps149 Ps150
Psa 139 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24
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Text critical issues=small word differences Clarity of original=clear Importance=normal (All still tentative.)
OET-LV Formless_my they_saw eyes_your and_in book_your all_them they_were_written days [which]_they_were_ordained and_before[fn] one in/on/at/with_them.
139:16 Variant note: ו/לא: (x-qere) ’וְ/ל֖/וֹ’: lemma_c/l morph_HC/R/Sp3ms id_19xxE וְ/ל֖/וֹ
UHB לֹא־נִכְחַ֥ד עָצְמִ֗י מִ֫מֶּ֥ךָּ אֲשֶׁר־עֻשֵּׂ֥יתִי בַסֵּ֑תֶר רֻ֝קַּ֗מְתִּי בְּֽתַחְתִּיּ֥וֹת אָֽרֶץ׃ ‡
(loʼ-nikḩad ˊāʦəmiy mimmeⱪā ʼₐsher-ˊussēytī ⱱaşşēter ruqqamtī bətaḩtiyyōt ʼāreʦ.)
Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
BrLXX No BrLXX PSA 139:15 verse available
BrTr No BrTr PSA 139:15 verse available
ULT My bones were not hidden from you
⇔ when I was made in private,
⇔ when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
UST When my body was being formed,
⇔ while it was being put together where no one else could see it,
⇔ you saw it!
BSB My frame was not hidden from You
⇔ when I was made in secret,
⇔ when I was woven together
⇔ in the depths of the earth.
OEB my bones were not hidden from you,
⇔ when I was made in secret,
⇔ and woven in the depths of the earth.
WEBBE My frame wasn’t hidden from you,
⇔ when I was made in secret,
⇔ woven together in the depths of the earth.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET my bones were not hidden from you,
⇔ when I was made in secret
⇔ and sewed together in the depths of the earth.
LSV My substance was not hid from You,
When I was made in secret,
Curiously worked in the lower part of earth.
FBV My growing body[fn] was not hidden from you as I was formed in secret, as I was intricately put together “in the depths of the earth.”[fn]
139:15 “My growing body,” literally, “my bones.”
139:15 “In the depths of the earth”: this may relate to a belief that children were formed in the earth before entering the womb, or it may simply be a metaphor for the womb. In any case the point being made is that God observed the process that is hidden from human eyes.
T4T When my body was being formed,
⇔ while it was being put together where no one else could see it,
⇔ you saw it!
LEB • [fn] was not hidden from you, when I was created secretly,[fn] • and intricately woven • in the depths of the earth.
BBE My frame was not unseen by you when I was made secretly, and strangely formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
Moff my body was no mystery to thee,
⇔ as I was being moulded secretly
⇔ and put together in the world below;
JPS My frame was not hidden from Thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
ASV My frame was not hidden from thee,
⇔ When I was made in secret,
⇔ And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
DRA No DRA PSA 139:15 verse available
YLT My substance was not hid from Thee, When I was made in secret, Curiously wrought in the lower part of earth.
Drby My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth.
RV My frame was not hidden from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Wbstr My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret, and curiously formed in the lowest parts of the earth.
KJB-1769 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.[fn]
(My substance was not hid from thee/you, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought/done in the lowest parts of the earth. )
139.15 substance: or, strength, or, body
KJB-1611 [fn]My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret: and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
139:15 Or, strength or body.
Bshps The substaunce of my body was not hyd from thee: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers wombe.
(The substance of my body was not hid from thee/you: when I was made in secrete and fashioned with distinct members in my mothers womb.)
Gnva My bones are not hid from thee, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth.
(My bones are not hid from thee/you, though I was made in a secret place, and facioned beneath in the earth. )
Cvdl Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse, they stonde all writte i thy boke:
(Thine eyes see mine unparfitnesse, they stand all writte i thy/your boke:)
Wycl No Wycl PSA 139:15 verse available
Luth Es war dir mein Gebein nicht verhohlen, da ich im Verborgenen gemacht ward, da ich gebildet ward unten in der Erde.
(It what/which you/to_you my Gebein not verhohlen, there I in_the Verborgenen made ward, there I gebildet what/which below in the/of_the earth.)
ClVg No ClVg PSA 139:15 verse available
Ps 139 In this wisdom psalm, the psalmist opens every aspect of his being, character, behavior, and speech to God’s examination. As hard as life is, he wants to ensure his own growth in wisdom so that he does not come under God’s judgment of the wicked (141:5; 142:3; 143:8, 10; 144:3-4). Further, the poet recognizes that he cannot escape from the Lord. His sense of stress disappears when he considers the Lord’s loving care for him, even before birth (139:13-18). He then invites the Lord to continue examining him as he walks in the path of wisdom (139:23-24).
The Heart in the Psalms
The Hebrew words leb and lebab (both meaning “heart”) are hard to translate because they rarely refer to the physical human heart. Rather, these terms usually refer to the center of one’s being, an image for a person’s thought life, reflections, and will. The story of the heart reveals a person’s commitment and direction in life.
The hearts of the wicked are cunning and scheming (Ps 58:2; 64:6; 140:2). The wicked are deceptive, hypocritical, greedy, jealous, and lacking in integrity (10:3; 28:3; 41:6; 55:21; 62:4; 141:4). As time goes on, they become more arrogant, callous, and stubborn (14:1; 17:10; 73:7; 78:8; 81:12; 95:8, 10; 101:5; 119:70). The wicked are only committed to themselves (78:37), and their destructive way of life (5:9) leads to their own destruction.
Meanwhile, the psalmists openly confess their sorrow, trouble, anguish, and despair (13:2; 22:14; 25:17; 38:8, 10; 40:12; 55:4; 61:2; 69:20; 73:21, 26; 109:22; 143:4; 147:3). Through their pain, their hearts grow. They pray intensely (62:8; 119:145), long for God (84:2), trust in him (28:7), and open their hearts to God’s examination (7:9; 17:3; 26:2; 139:1-6, 23). Their commitment does not waver, and their hearts are pure (24:4; 51:10; 73:1, 13) and contented (131:1), even when broken. As their broken hearts (34:17-18; 51:17) are healed by the Lord (147:3), they become strong, confident (27:3, 14; 31:24; 57:7; 108:1; 112:7-8; 138:3), and full of life (22:26; 69:32). In the end, the Lord satisfies them and gives them the desires of their hearts (20:4; 21:2; 37:4). This fills the godly with joy and praise (4:7; 9:1; 13:5; 16:7, 9; 19:8; 30:11-12; 33:21; 86:12; 89:50; 102:4; 105:3; 111:1; 119:7, 111; 138:1).
Passages for Further Study
Pss 7:9; 9:1; 13:2; 14:1; 16:7-9; 17:3; 19:8; 20:4; 21:2; 22:14, 26; 24:4; 26:2; 27:3, 14; 28:3, 7; 33:21; 34:17-18; 37:4; 38:8, 10; 51:10, 17; 55:4, 21; 57:7; 58:2; 61:2; 62:4, 8-10; 64:6; 69:20; 73:1, 7, 13, 21, 26; 78:8, 37; 81:12; 84:2; 86:12; 89:50; 95:8, 10; 102:4; 108:1; 109:22; 111:1; 119:70, 111, 145; 131:1; 138:1; 139:1-24; 140:2; 147:3
intricately made
(Some words not found in UHB: not hidden frame,my from,you which/who made in/on/at/with,secret intricately_woven in/on/at/with,depths earth )
Alternate translation: “made with great complexity”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
the depths of the earth
(Some words not found in UHB: not hidden frame,my from,you which/who made in/on/at/with,secret intricately_woven in/on/at/with,depths earth )
This is probably a way of speaking about a mother’s womb