For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother’s womb.
God is not merely an observer of your inmost self; He is the Lord and Master of it, as a proprietor in his own house. Before you drew breath, He hid you in the womb as a treasure, caring for you in that darkest chamber where no eye but His could see. This is the intimacy of His dominion over you.
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If God is Spirit, our hope of hiding from Him is folly. Not that David wished to flee, he desired nothing more than closeness to God. But suppose a man were mad enough to think escape possible: heaven and earth are both His; He fills them both; nowhere exists where His presence is not.
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Commenting on Psalm 139:7-16
Every bone, muscle, artery, and nerve is precisely framed and positioned by God's wisdom to answer its designed end; the eye and ear alone have filled philosophers with amazement. To blame your Maker for your form is ingratitude; you ought rather to praise Him who gave you life, breath, and all things.
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