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Psalms 139:13 — King James Version← Study notes

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.


Psalms 139:13Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:137 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַ֭תָּהʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
קָנִ֣יתָqāniytā
you createdverbH7069
buy · teach to keep cattle · get · provoke to jealousy ···
כִלְיֹתָ֑/יkiləyōtāy
kidneys mynounH3629
reins
תְּ֝סֻכֵּ֗/נִיtəsukēniy
you wove together meverbH5526
defence · defend · hedge in · join together ···
בְּ/בֶ֣טֶןbəbeṭen
in the womb ofpronH990
body · as they be born · within · womb
אִמִּֽ/יʾimiy
mother mynounH517
mother · parting
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 139:13

1. ...Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks in the Prophets, sometimes in His own Name, sometimes in ours, because He makes Himself one with us; as it is said, “they two shall be one flesh.” Wherefore also the Lord says in the Gospel, speaking of marriage, “therefore they are no more two, but one flesh.” One flesh, because of our mortality He took flesh; not one divinity, for He is the Creator, we the creature. Whatsoever then our Lord speaks in the person of the Flesh He took upon…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 139 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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