Psalms 139:15

“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.”

Let death come suddenly on them. Let them go down alive into Sheol. For wickedness is among them, in their dwelling.

No one has ascended into heaven but he who descended out of heaven, the Son of Man, who is in heaven.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who seek after my soul to destroy it. Let them be turned backward and brought to dishonor who delight in my hurt.

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

The wind blows where it wants to, and you hear its sound, but don’t know where it comes from and where it is going. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”

The wicked shall be turned back to Sheol, even all the nations that forget God.

then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.

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.

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

and struck all the firstborn in Egypt, the chief of their strength in the tents of Ham.

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

Take the millstones and grind flour. Remove your veil, lift up your skirt, uncover your legs, and wade through the rivers.

and should sleep and rise night and day, and the seed should spring up and grow, though he doesn’t know how.

For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world.”

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.

and I have said to you, “Let my son go, that he may serve me;” and you have refused to let him go. Behold, I will kill your firstborn son.’ ”

For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.

At midnight, Yahweh struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the dungeon, and all the firstborn of livestock.

Though men may rise up to pursue you, and to seek your soul, yet the soul of my lord will be bound in the bundle of life with Yahweh your God. He will sling out the souls of your enemies, as from the hollow of a sling.

Moreover Yahweh will deliver Israel also with you into the hand of the Philistines; and tomorrow you and your sons will be with me. Yahweh will deliver the army of Israel also into the hand of the Philistines.”

then let my wife grind for another, and let others sleep with her.

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

Hide them in the dust together. Bind their faces in the hidden place.

Let those who seek after my soul be disappointed and brought to dishonor. Let those who plot my ruin be turned back and confounded.

Let them be disappointed and confounded together who rejoice at my calamity. Let them be clothed with shame and dishonor who magnify themselves against me.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

But you, God, will bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days, but I will trust in you.

Let them be disappointed and confounded who seek my soul. Let those who desire my ruin be turned back in disgrace.

For your loving kindness is great toward me. You have delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.

How great are your works, Yahweh! Your thoughts are very deep.

He struck also all the firstborn in their land, the first fruits of all their manhood.

He struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and animal.

to him who struck down the Egyptian firstborn; for his loving kindness endures forever;

As you don’t know what is the way of the wind, nor how the bones grow in the womb of her who is with child; even so you don’t know the work of God who does all.

Sheol from beneath has moved for you to meet you at your coming. It stirs up the departed spirits for you, even all the rulers of the earth. It has raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.

Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, to the depths of the pit.

But you are cast away from your tomb like an abominable branch, clothed with the slain, who are thrust through with the sword, who go down to the stones of the pit; like a dead body trodden under foot.

For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken and one will be left.

There will be two grinding grain together. One will be taken and the other will be left.”

For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

to take part in this ministry and apostleship from which Judas fell away, that he might go to his own place.”

When Pharaoh stubbornly refused to let us go, Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of livestock. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.’

Joshua said to them, “Don’t be afraid, nor be dismayed. Be strong and courageous, for Yahweh will do this to all your enemies against whom you fight.”

The Philistines laid hold on him and put out his eyes; and they brought him down to Gaza and bound him with fetters of bronze; and he ground at the mill in the prison.

who does great things that can’t be fathomed, marvelous things without number;

We can’t reach the Almighty. He is exalted in power. In justice and great righteousness, he will not oppress.

Many, Yahweh, my God, are the wonderful works which you have done, and your thoughts which are toward us. They can’t be declared back to you. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be counted.

Yahweh, how many are your works! In wisdom, you have made them all. The earth is full of your riches.

Who has ascended up into heaven, and descended? Who has gathered the wind in his fists? Who has bound the waters in his garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and what is his son’s name, if you know?

That which is, is far off and exceedingly deep. Who can find it out?

Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.

The young men carry millstones. The children stumbled under loads of wood.

“Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.

I am the living bread which came down out of heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. Yes, the bread which I will give for the life of the world is my flesh.”

Then what if you would see the Son of Man ascending to where he was before?

Jesus answered them, “Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don’t know where I came from, or where I am going.

They therefore were asking him, “How were your eyes opened?”

Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”

that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,

But we see him who has been made a little lower than the angels, Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste of death for everyone.

and all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill, and all the firstborn of livestock.

You, who have shown us many and bitter troubles, you will let me live. You will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.

The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses.

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