15My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in the lower parts of the earth.
16Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is exceedingly strengthened.
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Psalm 138:15–17 — The New International Version (NIV)
15My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place,
when I was woven together in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed body;
all the days ordained for me were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)
15My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,
the days that were formed for me,
when as yet there was none of them.
17How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
15My substance was not hid from thee,
When I was made in secret,
And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine 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.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
15You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion,
as I was woven together in the dark of the womb.
16You saw me before I was born.
Every day of my life was recorded in your book.
Every moment was laid out
before a single day had passed.
17How precious are your thoughts about me, O God.
They cannot be numbered!
Psalm 138:15–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
15My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed.
And in Your book they all were written,
The days fashioned for me,
When as yet there were none of them.
17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
15You saw my bones being formed
as I took shape in my mother’s body.
When I was put together there,
16you saw my body as it was formed.
All the days planned for me
were written in your book
before I was one day old.
17God, your thoughts are precious to me.
They are so many!
Psalm 138:15–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
15My frame was not hidden from thee,
When I was made in secret,
And curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
16Thine eyes did see mine unformed substance;
And in thy book they were all written,
Even the days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was none of them.
17How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God!
How great is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
15My bones were not hidden from thee when I was made in secret, curiously wrought in the lower parts of the earth. 16Thine eyes did see my unformed substance, and in thy book all my members were written; during many days were they fashioned, when as yet there was none of them.
17But how precious are thy thoughts unto me, O •God! how great is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
15My bones were not hidden from you
when I was being made in secret,
when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.
16Your eyes saw me when I was still an unborn child.
Every day ⸤of my life⸥ was recorded in your book
before one of them had taken place.
17How precious are your thoughts concerning me, O God!
How vast in number they are!
Psalm 138:15–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
15My bones were not hidden from You
when I was made in secret,
when I was formed in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw me when I was formless;
all my days were written in Your book and planned
before a single one of them began.
17God, how difficult Your thoughts are
for me to comprehend;
how vast their sum is!
Psalm 138:15–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
15My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,
intricately woven in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes beheld my unformed substance.
In your book were written
all the days that were formed for me,
when none of them as yet existed.
17How weighty to me are your thoughts, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
Psalm 138:15–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
15My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was created secretly,
and intricately woven
in the depths of the earth.
16Your eyes saw my embryo,
and in your book they all were written—
days fashioned for me when there was not one of them.
17And to me, how precious are your thoughts, O God;
how vast is their sum.
Psalm 138:15–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
15None of my bones was hidden from you
when you made me inside my mother’s body.
That place was as dark as the deepest parts of the earth.
When you were putting me together there,
16your eyes saw my body even before it was formed.
You planned how many days I would live.
You wrote down the number of them in your book
before I had lived through even one of them.
17God, your thoughts about me are priceless.
No one can possibly add them all up.
Psalm 138:15–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
15My frame was not hidden from You,
When I was made in secret,
And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;
16Your eyes have seen my unformed substance;
And in Your book were all written
The days that were ordained for me,
When as yet there was not one of them.
17How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God!
How vast is the sum of them!
