Psalms 139:13 (WEB)

Passage

For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Nearby Context

Psalms 139:11 If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me; the light around me will be night”;

Psalms 139:12 even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.

Psalms 139:13 For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.

Psalms 139:14 I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well.

Psalms 139:15 My frame wasn’t hidden from you, when I was made in secret, woven together in the depths of the earth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "formed", "inmost", "knit", "together", "mother", and "womb". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "formed" and "inmost", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "even the darkness doesn t hide from..." into verse 14's "I will give thanks to you for...", so "formed" and "inmost" 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 "formed" and "inmost" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.