King James Version
Psalms 139:13 in the King James Version says “For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 139 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.”
Psalms 139:13 · KJV
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me.
Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee. hideth: Heb. darkeneth not the darkness and: Heb. as is the darkness, so is the light
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. right: Heb. greatly
My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. substance: or, strength, or, body
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For thou hast possessed”
H7069to erect, i.e., create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase (causatively, sell); by implication to own
“my reins”
H3629a kidney (as an essential organ); figuratively, the mind (as the interior self)
“thou hast covered”
H5526properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
“me in my mother's”
H517a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively [like father])
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