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13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
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Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?
Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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, I. Because he is always under his eye. If God is omnipresent, he must needs be omniscient; but he is omnipresent; this su…
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