Home › Bible verses › Psalm 139:13

Psalm 139:13

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

Psalm 139:13, King James Version (KJV)

“For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.”

World English Bible (WEB)

Read Psalm 139:13 in the NIV, ESV and 13 more Bibles, with study notes and the original Hebrew, in the Path & Light app.

Psalm 139 (KJV)

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.

  1. 1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
  2. 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
  3. 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
  4. 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
  5. 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
  6. 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
  7. 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
  8. 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
  9. 9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
  10. 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
  11. 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
  12. 12Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
  13. 13For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.
  14. 14I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well.
  15. 15My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
  16. 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.
  17. 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
  18. 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
  19. 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
  20. 20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
  21. 21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
  22. 22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
  23. 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
  24. 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Related verses

Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 139:13, in the King James Version.

  • Jeremiah 1:5

    Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

  • Psalm 119:73

    Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

  • Isaiah 44:2

    Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.

  • Job 31:15

    Did not he that made me in the womb make him? and did not one fashion us in the womb?

  • Job 10:9–12

    Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again? …

  • Isaiah 46:3

    Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb:

More verses about identity

Study Psalm 139:13 in the app

Read it in the NIV, ESV and 13 more Bibles, see every related verse, and ask what it means. Join the waitlist and we’ll email you once, at launch.

Read our Privacy Policy for how we handle your email. One message at launch, nothing else.

1769 standardized text (eBible.org eng-kjv). Public domain outside the United Kingdom. Text courtesy of the Crosswire Bible Society and eBible.org. World English Bible Protestant Edition (eBible engwebp, 2026-09-15 snapshot). Public domain. World English Bible is a trademark of eBible.org. Text unmodified; footnotes and formatting omitted. Related verses: OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0), from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.