13 For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb.

14 I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul well knoweth right…: Heb. greatly15 My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and skilfully formed in the lowest parts of the earth. substance: or, strength, or, body16 Thy eyes saw my substance, not yet formed; and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned, when as yet there was none of them. all…: Heb. all of themwhich…: or, what days they should be fashioned

5 Before I formed thee in the womb I knew thee; and before thou wast born I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet to the nations. ordained: Heb. gave

9 But thou art he that brought me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope when I was upon my mother’s breasts. didst…: or, kept me in safety

5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God who maketh all.

9 Shall I bring to the birth, and not cause to bring forth? saith the LORD: shall I cause to bring forth, and shut the womb? saith thy God. not…: or, not beget?

3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.

17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

27 For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him:

21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.

14 But Jesus said, Permit the little children, and forbid them not, to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.

16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.