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Psalm 139:14
“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 (KJV)
“I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.”
World English Bible (WEB)
Psalm 139 (KJV)
To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.
- 1O LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me.
- 2Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, thou understandest my thought afar off.
- 3Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways.
- 4For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O LORD, thou knowest it altogether.
- 5Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me.
- 6Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
- 7Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
- 8If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
- 9If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- 10Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
- 11If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
- 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.
- 17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! how great is the sum of them!
- 18If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand: when I awake, I am still with thee.
- 19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- 20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.
- 21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
- 22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.
- 23Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:
- 24And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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Passages that readers often connect with Psalm 139:14, in the King James Version.
Genesis 1:26–27
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 every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. …
Psalm 111:2
The works of the LORD are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Psalm 104:24
O LORD, how manifold are thy works! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches.
Psalm 92:4–5
For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. …
Job 5:9
Which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number:
Psalm 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 more than can be numbered.
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