Psalm 139:13 (WEB)
For you formed my inmost being. You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
““For Thou, O Lord, hast possessed my reins” (ver. 13).” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“Then, afterwards finding it rent, he has sung: “O Lord, thou hast possessed my reins.” — editor's note: Ps. cxxxix. 13.
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Basil the Great
“Again, as is said through Solomon the Wise in the Proverbs, “He was created;” and He is named “Beginning of ways” of good news, which lead us to the kingdom of heaven.” — editor's note: The text of Prov. viii. 22 in the LXX. is κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ. The rendering of A.V. is “possessed,” with “formed” in the margin.…
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“II. In their eyes the following is only too ready to hand “The Lord created me at the beginning of His ways with a view to His works.”” — editor's note: Prov. viii. 22. The A.V. has in the place Possessed, and this has very high authority: but the Hebrew word in almost every case signifies to Acquire. It is…
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