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Psalms 139:14

I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.

KJV

Verumtamen justi confitebuntur nomini tuo, et habitabunt recti cum vultu tuo.

Vulgate

πλὴν δίκαιοι ἐξομολογήσονται τῷ ὀνόματί σου, καὶ κατοικήσουσιν εὐθεῖς ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ σου.

LXX

I will give thanks unto thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: Wonderful are thy works; And that my soul knoweth right well.

ASV

אֽוֹדְ/ךָ֗ עַ֤ל כִּ֥י נוֹרָא֗וֹת נִ֫פְלֵ֥יתִי נִפְלָאִ֥ים מַעֲשֶׂ֑י/ךָ וְ֝/נַפְשִׁ֗/י יֹדַ֥עַת מְאֹֽד

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

הִפְלָ֣ה
hplh
verb · 7×
ו
v
verb · 71×
י
y
noun · 752×
יָדְע֖וּ
yd'v
verb · 944×
ךָ
k
verb · 106×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה
m'shh
noun · 234×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תִּירָ֖א
tyr'
verb · 325×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

O Lord, thou hast searched me, and known me. David meditates on the omniscience and omnipresence of God. There is no place where God is not present, no thought which he does not know. The description of being fearfully and wonderfully made in the womb is a powerful testimony to God as Creator of each person. This knowledge is both comforting to the godly and terrifying to the w…

Cross-references

  • Gen 1:26 — And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over
  • Gen 1:27 — So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
  • Gen 2:7 — And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Job 5:9 — Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
  • Mark 7:37 — And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
  • Ps 40:5 — Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are
  • Ps 92:4 — For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
  • Ps 104:24 — O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
  • Ps 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
  • Ps 111:2 — The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
  • Ps 119:73 — Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
  • Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.
  • Rev 15:3 — And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.