Stilling Waves Bible Psalm 139

Psalm 139:13 KJV

For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.King James Version
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The same verse in modern English

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.Psalm 139:13, World English Bible (WEB)

Psalm 139:13 in the WEB, with its own quiet pause

Older words in this verse

thee, thou
you (one person)
reins
the inner self

From Psalm 139

You were known before you were born. There is nowhere you could go, not even the dark, where God is not already there. Let him search your heart.

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The reading prompts in this Bible use the wording of the World English Bible.

For your own quiet time, Stilling Waves makes a journal for this chapter: When Everyone Else Grew Up Knowing the Verses and You're Only Starting Now.

More from Psalm 139 in the KJV: Psalm 139:14 Psalm 139:1 Psalm 139:2 Psalm 139:3 Psalm 139:4 Psalm 139:5 Psalm 139:6 Psalm 139:7 Psalm 139:8 Psalm 139:9 all KJV verses

Scripture: King James Version (1769 text), from eBible.org and the CrossWire Bible Society; public domain outside the United Kingdom, and in the United Kingdom under Crown patent, administered by Cambridge University Press. About the KJV here.