my bones were not hidden from you, when ¹  I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. ² 

biblegateway Psa 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the depths of the earth;

My bones were not hidden from You when I was made in secret, when I was formed in the depths of the earth.

My bones were not hidden from you when I was being made in secret, when I was being skillfully woven in an underground workshop.

biblegateway Psa 139:15

My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. When I was woven together in the depths of the earth,

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

bibleoremus Psa 139:15

My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

my body was no mystery to you, when I was formed in secret, woven in the depths of the earth.

biblegateway Psa 139:15

My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, [and] curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.

biblegateway Psa 139:15

my bones were not hidden from you, when ¹  I was made in secret and sewed together in the depths of the earth. ² 

¹ tc The Hebrew term אֲשֶׁר (’asher, “which”) should probably be emended to כֲּאַשֶׁר (ka’asher, “when”). The kaf (כ) may have been lost by haplography (note the kaf at the end of the preceding form).

² sn The phrase depths of the earth may be metaphorical (euphemistic) or it may reflect a prescientific belief about the origins of the embryo deep beneath the earth’s surface (see H. W. Wolff, Anthropology of the Old Testament, 96-97). Job 1:21 also closely associates the mother’s womb with the earth.