Psalms 139:13-16 CSB

For it was you who created my inward parts; 

you knit me together in my mother's womb.

I will praise you because I have been remarkably and wondrously made. Your works are wondrous, 

and I know this very well.

My bones were not hidden from you when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw me when I was formless; 

all my days were written in your book and planned before a single one of them began.

Psalms 139:13-16 CSB

This is not a biology textbook, it's a song, written to express something of David's view of God, of himself, of creation, of his relationship with God.

It's a song.

One interesting thing I discovered today was that the word "yastar" which means formed like with clay, is the word that is translated here as your days are "planned". The image is of God working clay, forming our days, not some plan made in antiquity, but an active on-going process...maybe something to think about as you read this poem...this song...

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