SEV Biblia, Chapter 139:15
No fue encubierto mi cuerpo de ti, aunque yo fui hecho en secreto, y entretejido en lo profundo de la tierra.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Psalms 138:15
Verse 15. My substance was not hid from thee ] ymx[ atsmi, my bones or skeleton. Curiously wrought ] ytmqr rukkamti, embroidered, made of needlework. These two words, says Bishop Horsley, describe the two principal parts of which the human body is composed; the bony skeleton, the foundation of the whole; and the external covering of muscular flesh, tendons, veins, arteries, nerves, and skin; a curious web of fibres. On this passage Bishop Lowth has some excellent observations: "In that most perfect hymn, where the immensity of the omnipresent Deity, and the admirable wisdom of the Divine Artificer in framing the human body, are celebrated, the poet uses a remarkable metaphor, drawn from the nicest tapestry work: - When I was formed in secret; When I was wrought, as with a needle, in the lowest parts of the earth.
"He who remarks this, (but the man who consults Versions only will hardly remark it,) and at the same time reflects upon the wonderful composition of the human body, the various implication of veins, arteries, fibres, membranes, and the 'inexplicable texture' of the whole frame; will immediately understand the beauty and elegance of this most apt translation. But he will not attain the whole force and dignity, unless he also considers that the most artful embroidery with the needle was dedicated by the Hebrews to the service of the sanctuary; and that the proper and singular use of their work was, by the immediate prescript of the Divine law, applied in a certain part of the high priest's dress, and in the curtains of the tabernacle, Exod. xxviii. 39; xxvi. 36; xxvii. 16; and compare Ezek. xvi. 10; xiii. 18. So that the psalmist may well be supposed to have compared the wisdom of the Divine Artificer particularly with that specimen of human art, whose dignity was through religion the highest, and whose elegance ( Exod. xxxv. 30-35) was so exquisite, that the sacred writer seems to attribute it to a Divine inspiration." In the lowest parts of the earth. - The womb of the mother, thus expressed by way of delicacy.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-16 - We cannot see God, but he can see us. The psalmist did not desire to go from the Lord. Whither can I go? In the most distant corners of the world, in heaven, or in hell, I cannot go out of thy reach. No veil can hide us from God; not the thickest darkness. No disguise can save an person or action from being seen in the true light by him. Secre haunts of sin are as open before God as the most open villanies. On the other hand, the believer cannot be removed from the supporting comforting presence of his Almighty Friend. Should the persecutor tak his life, his soul will the sooner ascend to heaven. The grave cannot separate his body from the love of his Saviour, who will raise it glorious body. No outward circumstances can separate him from his Lord While in the path of duty, he may be happy in any situation, by the exercise of faith, hope, and prayer.
Original Hebrew
לא 3808 נכחד 3582 עצמי 6108 ממך 4480 אשׁר 834 עשׂיתי 6213 בסתר 5643 רקמתי 7551 בתחתיות 8482 ארץ׃ 776
