Psalms 139:14 (LSB)

Passage

I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:12 Even the darkness is not too dark for You, And the night is as bright as the day. Darkness and light are alike to You.

Psalms 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother’s womb.

Psalms 139:14 I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.

Psalms 139:15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And intricately woven in the depths of the earth;

Psalms 139:16 Your eyes have seen my unshaped substance; And in Your book all of them were written The days that were formed for me, When as yet there was not one of them.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "give", "thanks", "fearfully", "wonderfully", "works", "soul", and "knows". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "give" and "thanks", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For You formed my inward parts You..." into verse 15's "My frame was not hidden from You...", so "give" and "thanks" belong inside that flow. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "give" and "thanks" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.