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Psalm 139:14 KJV
Psalms · chapter 139 · verse 14
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.Psalm 139:14 · King James Version
What Psalm 139:14 means
Fearfully here is closer to awe than to fright. David isn't complimenting himself; the whole psalm is about God knowing him before he had a body. Marvellous are thy works is the praise, and he is the work. That's a steadier foundation than deciding you like what you see.
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Psalm 139:14 in context
12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine 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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- marvellouspâlâʼproperly, perhaps to separateH6381 →
- fearfullyyârêʼto fearH3372 →
- knowethyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- praiseyâdâhphysically, to throw at or awayH3034 →
- worksmaʻăsehan actionH4639 →
- madepâlâhto distinguishH6395 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-16