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Ps 139:13 Strong Concordance For thou hast possessed [07069] my reins [03629]: thou hast covered [05526] me in my mother's [0517] womb [0990].
  King James For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
For thou hast possessed my reins - The word here rendered "possessed" means properly to "set upright," to "erect," and hence, the derivative of the verb is applied to a cane or reed, as being erect. Then the word means to found, to create, Gen 14:19, Gen 14:22 - as the heavens and the earth; and then, to get, to gain, to purchase, etc. Here the word seems to be used in its original sense, to make, create, etc. The idea is, not as in our translation, that God "possessed" or "owned" them but that he had "made" them, and that, "therefore," he knew all about them. The word "reins" means literally the "kidneys;" and then, it comes to denote the inward part, the mind, the soul, the seat of the desires, affections, and passions. Jer 11:20. See Psa 7:9, note; Job 19:27, note. The meaning here is, that God had made him; that the innermost recesses of his being had been constituted as they are by God; and that, "therefore," he must be able to see all that there is in the very depths of the soul, however it may be hidden from the eye of man.

Thou hast covered me in my mother's womb - The word here rendered "cover" means properly to interweave; to weave; to knit together, and the literal translation would be, "Thou hast "woven" me in my mother's womb, meaning that God had put his parts together, as one who weaves cloth, or who makes a basket. So it is rendered by DeWette and by Gesenius (Lexicon). The original word has, however, also the idea of protecting, as in a booth or hut, woven or knit together - to wit, of boughs and branches. The former signification best suits the connection; and then the sense would be, that as God had made him - as he had formed his members, and united them in a bodily frame and form before he was born - he must be able to understand all his thoughts and feelings. As he was not concealed from God before he saw the light, so he could not be anywhere.
 
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27 Whom I shall see [02372] for myself, and mine eyes [05869] shall behold [07200], and not another [02114]; though my reins [03629] be consumed [03615] within [02436] me.
9 Oh let the wickedness [07451] of the wicked [07563] come to an end [01584]; but establish [03559] the just [06662]: for the righteous [06662] God [0430] trieth [0974] the hearts [03826] and reins [03629].
20 But, O LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], that judgest [08199] righteously [06664], that triest [0974] the reins [03629] and the heart [03820], let me see [07200] thy vengeance [05360] on them: for unto thee have I revealed [01540] my cause [07379].
22 And Abram [087] said [0559] to the king [04428] of Sodom [05467], I have lift up [07311] mine hand [03027] unto the LORD [03068], the most high [05945] God [0410], the possessor [07069] of heaven [08064] and earth [0776],
19 And he blessed [01288] him, and said [0559], Blessed [01288] be Abram [087] of the most high [05945] God [0410], possessor [07069] of heaven [08064] and earth [0776]:
26 Upon this I awaked [06974], and beheld [07200]; and my sleep [08142] was sweet [06149] unto me.
24 He shall flee [01272] from the iron [01270] weapon [05402], and the bow [07198] of steel [05154] shall strike him through [02498].
7 A thousand [0505] shall fall [05307] at thy side [06654], and ten thousand [07233] at thy right hand [03225]; but it shall not come nigh [05066] thee.
6 Sacrifice [02077] and offering [04503] thou didst not desire [02654]; mine ears [0241] hast thou opened [03738]: burnt offering [05930] and sin offering [02401] hast thou not required [07592].
6 A brutish [01198] man [0376] knoweth [03045] not; neither doth a fool [03684] understand [0995] this.
11 And it is a rare [03358] thing [04406] that the king [04430] requireth [07593], and there is [0383] none [03809] other [0321] that can shew [02324] it before [06925] the king [04430], except [03861] the gods [0426], whose dwelling [04070] is [0383] not [03809] with [05974] flesh [01321].
8 They shall be abundantly satisfied [07301] with the fatness [01880] of thy house [01004]; and thou shalt make them drink [08248] of the river [05158] of thy pleasures [05730].
26 Hast thou not heard [08085] long ago [07350], how I have done [06213] it; and of ancient [06924] times [03117], that I have formed [03335] it? now have I brought [0935] it to pass, that thou shouldest be to lay waste [07582] defenced [01219] cities [05892] into ruinous [05327] heaps [01530].
11 Ye made [06213] also a ditch [04724] between the two walls [02346] for the water [04325] of the old [03465] pool [01295]: but ye have not looked [05027] unto the maker [06213] thereof, neither had respect [07200] unto him that fashioned [03335] it long ago [07350].
5 Before [02962] I formed [03335] thee in the belly [0990] I knew [03045] thee; and before thou camest forth [03318] out of the womb [07358] I sanctified [06942] thee, and I ordained [05414] thee a prophet [05030] unto the nations [01471].
14 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], your redeemer [01350], the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478]; For your sake I have sent [07971] to Babylon [0894], and have brought down [03381] all their nobles [01281], and the Chaldeans [03778], whose cry [07440] is in the ships [0591].
17 How precious [03365] also are thy thoughts [07454] unto me, O God [0410]! how great [06105] is the sum [07218] of them!
3 Know [03045] ye that the LORD [03068] he is God [0430]: it is he that hath made [06213] us, and not we ourselves; we are his people [05971], and the sheep [06629] of his pasture [04830].
28 And the waters [04325] returned [07725], and covered [03680] the chariots [07393], and the horsemen [06571], and all the host [02428] of Pharaoh [06547] that came [0935] into the sea [03220] after [0310] them; there remained [07604] not so much as [05704] one [0259] of them.
16 Which were cut down [07059] out of time [06256], whose foundation [03247] was overflown [03332] with a flood [05104]:
11 In the day [03117] that thou stoodest [05975] on the other side, in the day [03117] that the strangers [02114] carried away captive [07617] his forces [02428], and foreigners [05237] entered [0935] into his gates [08179], and cast [03032] lots [01486] upon Jerusalem [03389], even thou wast as one [0259] of them.
4 He rebuketh [01605] the sea [03220], and maketh it dry [02717], and drieth up [03001] all the rivers [05104]: Bashan [01316] languisheth [0535], and Carmel [03760], and the flower [06525] of Lebanon [03844] languisheth [0535].
8 Thine hands [03027] have made [06087] me and fashioned [06213] me together [03162] round about [05439]; yet thou dost destroy [01104] me.
9 Remember [02142], I beseech thee, that thou hast made [06213] me as the clay [02563]; and wilt thou bring [07725] me into dust [06083] again [07725]?
10 Hast thou not poured me out [05413] as milk [02461], and curdled [07087] me like cheese [01385]?
11 Thou hast clothed [03847] me with skin [05785] and flesh [01320], and hast fenced [07753] me with bones [06106] and sinews [01517].
12 Thou hast granted [06213] me life [02416] and favour [02617], and thy visitation [06486] hath preserved [08104] my spirit [07307].
16 Thine eyes [05869] did see [07200] my substance, yet being unperfect [01564]; and in thy book [05612] all my members were written [03789], which in continuance [03117] were fashioned [03335], when as yet there was none [0259] of them.
4 The Spirit [07307] of God [0410] hath made [06213] me, and the breath [05397] of the Almighty [07706] hath given me life [02421].
6 Behold, I am according to thy wish [06310] in God's [0410] stead: I also am formed [07169] out of the clay [02563].
2 And said [0559], I cried [07121] by reason of mine affliction [06869] unto the LORD [03068], and he heard [06030] me; out of the belly [0990] of hell [07585] cried [07768] I, and thou heardest [08085] my voice [06963].
21 And said [0559], Naked [06174] came I out [03318] of my mother's [0517] womb [0990], and naked [06174] shall I return [07725] thither: the LORD [03068] gave [05414], and the LORD [03068] hath taken away [03947]; blessed [01288] be the name [08034] of the LORD [03068].
10 They shall fall [05064] by the sword [03027] [02719]: they shall be a portion [04521] for foxes [07776].
5 As thou knowest [03045] not what is the way [01870] of the spirit [07307], nor how the bones [06106] do grow in the womb [0990] of her that is with child [04392]: even so thou knowest [03045] not the works [04639] of God [0430] who maketh [06213] all.
14 I will praise [03034] thee; for I am fearfully [03372] and wonderfully made [06395]: marvellous [06381] are thy works [04639]; and that my soul [05315] knoweth [03045] right well [03966].
7 Shew thy marvellous [06395] lovingkindness [02617], O thou that savest [03467] by thy right hand [03225] them which put their trust [02620] in thee from those that rise up [06965] against them.
4 Stand in awe [07264], and sin [02398] not: commune [0559] with your own heart [03824] upon your bed [04904], and be still [01826]. Selah [05542].
6 Which by his strength [03581] setteth fast [03559] the mountains [02022]; being girded [0247] with power [01369]:
14 I will praise [03034] thee; for I am fearfully [03372] and wonderfully made [06395]: marvellous [06381] are thy works [04639]; and that my soul [05315] knoweth [03045] right well [03966].
11 Thou hast clothed [03847] me with skin [05785] and flesh [01320], and hast fenced [07753] me with bones [06106] and sinews [01517].
22 The shady trees [06628] cover [05526] him with their shadow [06752]; the willows [06155] of the brook [05158] compass him about [05437].
8 Grant [05414] not, O LORD [03068], the desires [03970] of the wicked [07563]: further [06329] not his wicked device [02162]; lest they exalt [07311] themselves. Selah [05542].
5 As thou knowest [03045] not what is the way [01870] of the spirit [07307], nor how the bones [06106] do grow in the womb [0990] of her that is with child [04392]: even so thou knowest [03045] not the works [04639] of God [0430] who maketh [06213] all.