Psalms 139:16 — King James Version← Study notes

“Thine eyes did see my substance, yet being unperfect; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.”

Psalms 139:16 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 139:1613 words

HebrewMeaning

גָּלְמִ֤/יgāləmiy

shapeless form mynounH1564

רָ֘א֤וּrāʾw

they sawverbH7200

appear · approve · behold · certainly ···

עֵינֶ֗י/ךָʿēyneykā

eyes yournounH5869

outward appearance · before · think best · colour ···

וְ/עַֽלwəʿal

and onconjH5921

according to · after · against · among ···

סִפְרְ/ךָ֮sipərəkā

scroll yournounH5612

book · evidence · learn · letter ···

כֻּלָּ֪/םkulām

all of themnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

יִכָּ֫תֵ֥בוּyikātēbw

they were writtenverbH3789

record · prescribe · subscribe · write(-ing ···

יָמִ֥יםyāmiym

daysnounH3117

always · chronicals · continually · daily ···

יֻצָּ֑רוּyuṣārw

which they were ordainedverbH3335

earthen · form · frame · make ···

ו/לאwlʾ

ereconjH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

וְ/ל֖/וֹwəlwō

conj

אֶחָ֣דʾeḥād

oneadjH259

alike · alone · altogether · and ···

בָּ/הֶֽםbāhem

pron

ℹWords 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 139:16

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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