Psalms 139:13-16

For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well. My frame was not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was woven together in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Psalms 139

17 songs meet this passage

  • “Before I took a breath, you breathe your life in me”

    Reckless Love · Cory Asbury

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-16

    Echoes the psalmist's picture of God's intimate authorship of life before it's even lived.

  • Messy · Lola Young

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    She feels no version of herself is enough for her partner; this passage counters that despair with the claim that she is already fearfully and wonderfully made, not a project to be reshaped for someone else's approval.

  • 12 to 12 · sombr

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    The singer's sense of being unlovable stands against the psalmist's confidence that each person is fearfully and wonderfully made and valued by God, regardless of a lover's response.

  • “You're original, cannot be replaced”

    Firework · Katy Perry

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    The claim of irreplaceable worth lines up with Scripture's teaching that each person is fearfully and wonderfully made, though the song doesn't name the Maker.

  • What Makes You Beautiful · One Direction

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    The affirmation of inherent worth resembles this psalm's declaration that each person is fearfully and wonderfully made, though the song roots that worth in another's gaze rather than God's.

  • No Longer Slaves (Live) · Bethel Music, Jonathan David Helser & Melissa Helser

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    Affirms being known and formed by God before birth, grounding the song's claim of being chosen from the womb.

  • “I could be someone, be someone”

    Fast Car · Luke Combs

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    Her longing to 'be someone' through a relationship or escape points to an identity search that Scripture locates instead in being fearfully and wonderfully made.

  • Into the Unknown · Idina Menzel & AURORA

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    The sense of an emerging identity and purpose echoes the psalmist's wonder at being fearfully and wonderfully made for something specific.

  • Cosmic Warrior · Kid Cudi

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    The sense of being fearfully and purposefully made resonates, even though the song credits itself rather than a Maker.

  • “I gotta thank the Lord that you made me”

    Dear Mama (Remix Version) [feat. Anthony Hamilton] · 2Pac

    resonates with Psalms 139:13-14

    A rare direct acknowledgment of God's hand in his existence, turning gratitude toward his mother into gratitude toward his Maker.

  • “before i don't fucking hate myself”

    Dead Or Alive · Izumi is dead

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    Self-hatred here stands against the psalmist's declaration that a person is fearfully and wonderfully made, worth something apart from how they're treated.

  • “am I even a person?”

    Not My Time · Hotbox

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    The disorientation about one's own identity stands against the psalm's confidence that a person is fearfully and wonderfully made and known.

  • “Who am I? Who am I? Don't remind me”

    By Design (feat. Andre Benjamin) · Kid Cudi

    strains against Psalms 139:13-14

    The song's identity confusion is met by Scripture's grounding of identity in being known and made by God rather than self-constructed.

  • “There's not a thing that I would change”

    Just the Way You Are · Bruno Mars

    resonates with Psalms 139:14

    Affirms the inherent worth of a person as 'fearfully and wonderfully made,' echoing the song's refusal to want her changed.

  • Black Friday · Tom Odell

    strains against Psalms 139:14

    The speaker's obsession with a 'better body' and 'better skin' sits in direct tension with the psalmist's declaration of being fearfully and wonderfully made. The song's spiral of self-rejection is the opposite posture.

  • Trust in You · Lauren Daigle

    resonates with Psalms 139:16

    Affirms God's foreknowledge of every day, grounding the song's trust in His sovereignty.

  • Circle of Life · Carmen Twillie & Lebo M

    resonates with Psalms 139:16

    The search for one's place within a greater unfolding reflects the psalmist's confidence that each life's days were ordained before one of them came to be.

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