What is the context?
The speaker’s inner life and formation in the womb are placed within God’s knowledge. Secret weaving gives bodily life the image of intricate, personal care.
The unformed body is seen, and the BSB speaks of days written and ordained before they came. The speaker then marvels at thoughts beyond counting.
The passage praises received life rather than presenting a clinical account of development. Its language should not be turned into a verdict that disability lessens a person’s worth.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley follows older wording about bodily members written in God’s book and reads it through providential formation. The BSB speaks of days instead. The difference should not be hidden beneath a claim that every version says exactly the same thing.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
No deeper study linked yet.