Psalm 139:14 (BSB)

I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.

From Psalms 139. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 139:14

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 139:1-24: PSALM 139 In this Psalm David, that he may dismiss the deceptive coverings under which most men take refuge, and divest himself of hypocrisy, insists at large upon the truth that nothing can elude the divine observation — a truth which he illustrates from the original formation of man, since he who fashioned us in our mother’s womb, and imparted to every member its particular...
  • C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 139:14: I will praise thee: a good resolve, and one which he was even now carrying out. Those who are praising God are the very men who will praise him. Those who wish to praise have subjects for adoration ready to hand.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 139:7-16: It is of great use to us to know the certainty of the things wherein we have been instructed, that we may not only believe them, but be able to tell why we believe them, and to give a reason of the hope that is in us. David is sure that God perfectly knows him and all his ways, I. Because he is always under his eye.
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 139:14: My substance was not hid from thee when I was made in secret,.... Or "my bone" (n); everyone of his bones, which are the substantial parts of the body, the strength of it; and so some render it "my strength" (o); those, though covered with skin and flesh yet, being done by the Lord himself, were not hid from him; nor the manner of their...