¹³ For thou didst form my inward parts: Thou didst cover me in my mother's womb.

⁵ Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.

⁷³ YODH. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

² Thus saith Jehovah that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, who will help thee: Fear not, O Jacob my servant; and thou, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen.

⁹ Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast fashioned me as clay; And wilt thou bring me into dust again?

¹⁰ Hast thou not poured me out as milk, And curdled me like cheese?

¹¹ Thou hast clothed me with skin and flesh, And knit me together with bones and sinews.

¹² Thou hast granted me life and lovingkindness; And thy visitation hath preserved my spirit.

¹⁵ Did not he that made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?

⁹ But thou art he that took me out of the womb; Thou didst make me trust `when I was' upon my mother's breasts.

¹⁰ I was cast upon thee from the womb; Thou art my God since my mother bare me.

⁶ By thee have I been holden up from the womb; Thou art he that took me out of my mother's bowels: My praise shall be continually of thee.

³ Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, that have been borne `by me' from their birth, that have been carried from the womb;