Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 139:16

16 Thine eyes did see my substance yet being unperfect , and in thy book all my members were written, which in continuance were fashioned , when as yet there was none of them .

When I was a meer Embryo, a rude and shapeless lump, when I was first conceived.

In thy counsel and providence, by which thou didst co[illegible: 1+ letters]trive and effect this great work and all the parts of it according to that model which thou hadst appointed. This is a M[illegible: 1+ letters]taphor taken from workmen, who when they are to make some curious structure, they first draw a rude draught or delineation of it, by which they govern themselves in the building of it.

All the several parts of my substance.

Which in due time and by degrees were formed into bones, fleshy sinews, &c. Or, as it is in the margent, what days (and the days in which) they wer[illegible: 1+ letters] or should be fashioned, by what steps, in what order and time each part of the body should receive its proper form. This also was written or appointed by God.

Heb. and not one of them, understand either yet was, as it is in our Translation; or, was lacking, to wit, in thy book. All my parts without exception were written by thee. But then these words are not to be joyned with those immediately foregoing, but with the former, and the words are to be read thus, in thy book all my mem[illegible: 1+ letters]ers were written (which in continuance were fashioned) when as yet, &c.

Marginal references: Heb. all of [illegible: 1 word] ▪; Or, what days [illegible: 1 word] should be [illegible: 1+ letters]ed.