KJV ORIGINAL
Thine 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.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your eyes saw me while I was still being formed in the womb. In your book, you wrote down all the parts of my body that would be created over time, even before any of them existed.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
God is saying that He saw and planned every detail of who you would become even before you were born.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm is attributed to David and reflects the Hebrew understanding that God is intimately involved in human creation and development. Ancient peoples believed that God had a 'book of life' where He recorded important details about each person's existence. The imagery of God seeing an 'unformed substance' refers to the earliest stages of human development in the womb.
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