Psalms 139:13

But now Yahweh who created you, Jacob, and he who formed you, Israel, says: “Don’t be afraid, for I have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine.

Listen, islands, to me. Listen, you peoples, from afar: Yahweh has called me from the womb; from the inside of my mother, he has mentioned my name.

Yahweh, your Redeemer, and he who formed you from the womb says: “I am Yahweh, who makes all things; who alone stretches out the heavens; who spreads out the earth by myself;

Lift up your eyes on high, and see who has created these, who brings out their army by number. He calls them all by name. by the greatness of his might, and because he is strong in power, not one is lacking.

Your eyes saw my body. In your book they were all written, the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there were none of them.

everyone who is called by my name, and whom I have created for my glory, whom I have formed, yes, whom I have made.’ ”

Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.

even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and without defect before him in love,

Whom he predestined, those he also called. Whom he called, those he also justified. Whom he justified, those he also glorified.

Now to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.

Know that Yahweh, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

the people which I formed for myself, that they might declare my praise.

because that which is known of God is revealed in them, for God revealed it to them.

Remember these things, Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant. Israel, you will not be forgotten by me.

“Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you. Before you were born, I sanctified you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.”

Don’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.

For whom he foreknew, he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brothers.

But if anyone loves God, the same is known by him.

We know, brothers loved by God, that you are chosen,

But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.

When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have ordained;

God is within her. She shall not be moved. God will help her at dawn.

Now Yahweh, he who formed me from the womb to be his servant, says to bring Jacob again to him, and to gather Israel to him, for I am honorable in Yahweh’s eyes, and my God has become my strength.

“ ‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.

Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

The rich and the poor have this in common: Yahweh is the maker of them all.

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and he will drink no wine nor strong drink. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother’s womb.

in that they show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience testifying with them, and their thoughts among themselves accusing or else excusing them)

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.

and in the wilderness where you have seen how that Yahweh your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went, until you came to this place.”

He was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people were gathered, all the tribes of Israel together.

But you brought me out of the womb. You made me trust while at my mother’s breasts.

He laid the foundations of the earth, that it should not be moved forever.

Yahweh will fulfill that which concerns me. Your loving kindness, Yahweh, endures forever. Don’t forsake the works of your own hands.

Don’t be afraid, you worm Jacob, and you men of Israel. I will help you,” says Yahweh. “Your Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel.

This is what Yahweh who made you, and formed you from the womb, who will help you says: “Don’t be afraid, Jacob my servant; and you, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

For the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy, says: “I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite.

When Elizabeth heard Mary’s greeting, the baby leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.

No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, has declared him.

If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.

that they should seek the Lord, if perhaps they might reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.

But when it was the good pleasure of God, who separated me from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.

I will bless Yahweh at all times. His praise will always be in my mouth.

But those who seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth.

The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of wisdom. All those who do his work have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!

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

Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but he who is kind to the needy honors him.

For a child is born to us. A son is given to us; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

For though your people, Israel, are like the sand of the sea, only a remnant of them will return. A destruction is determined, overflowing with righteousness.

Don’t be afraid, for I am with you. I will bring your offspring from the east, and gather you from the west.

Listen to me, you stubborn-hearted, who are far from righteousness!

Therefore don’t be afraid, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh. Don’t be dismayed, Israel. For, behold, I will save you from afar, and save your offspring from the land of their captivity. Jacob will return, and will be quiet and at ease. No one will make him afraid.

“He has made the earth by his power. He has established the world by his wisdom. By his understanding he has stretched out the heavens.

do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, ‘You blaspheme,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God?’

Being then the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Divine Nature is like gold, or silver, or stone, engraved by art and design of man.

Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, set apart for the Good News of God,

For the invisible things of him since the creation of the world are clearly seen, being perceived through the things that are made, even his everlasting power and divinity, that they may be without excuse.

He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

Yahweh said to Moses, “I will do this thing also that you have spoken; for you have found favor in my sight, and I know you by name.”

Didn’t he who made me in the womb make him? Didn’t one fashion us in the womb?

He doesn’t respect the persons of princes, nor respect the rich more than the poor; for they all are the work of his hands.

Save your people, and bless your inheritance. Be their shepherd also, and bear them up forever.

But I will always hope, and will add to all of your praise.

Give me understanding, and I will keep your law. Yes, I will obey it with my whole heart.

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

“Listen to me, O Jacob, and Israel my called: I am he. I am the first. I am also the last.

But now, Yahweh, you are our Father. We are the clay and you our potter. We all are the work of your hand.

I will bring on that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

As it is written in the law of Moses, all this evil has come on us. Yet we have not entreated the favor of Yahweh our God, that we should turn from our iniquities and have discernment in your truth.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth?

yes, if you call out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding;

The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

I have relied on you from the womb. You are he who took me out of my mother’s womb. I will always praise you.

“Listen to me, house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been carried from their birth, that have been carried from the womb.