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Psalms 139:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 139:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 139:13

Theological / Devotional

Hast possessed. Heb. qanah, here thought to mean “create,” as probably also in Gen. 14:19, 22; Ex. 15:16; Deut. 32:6.

Reins. Literally, “kidneys,” here probably used for the internal organs in general.

Hast covered. Heb. sakak, which according to some authorities means “to knit together,” “to weave,” “to plait”; according to others, “to keep hidden.”

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