For You formedmy inwardparts;You woveme in my mother'swomb.
"Did not He who mademe in the wombmakehim, And the sameonefashionus in the womb?
Your handsmademe and fashionedme; Giveme understanding,that I may learnYour commandments.
By You I have been sustainedfrom [my] birth;You are He who tookme from my mother'swomb;My praiseis continuallyof You.
Come,let us worshipand bowdown,Let us kneelbeforethe LORDour Maker.
Thussaysthe LORDwho madeyou And formedyou from the womb,who will helpyou, 'Do not fear,O JacobMy servant;And you Jeshurunwhom I have chosen.
"Listento Me, O houseof Jacob,And allthe remnantof the houseof Israel,You who have been borneby Me from birthAnd have been carriedfrom the womb;
"BeforeI formedyou in the wombI knewyou, And beforeyou were bornI consecratedyou; I have appointedyou a prophetto the nations."
Ifthe wholebodywere an eye,wherewould the hearingbe? Ifthe wholewere hearing,wherewould the sense of smellbe?
