⁴ Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^(A)
    extol him who rides on the clouds^[a](B);
    rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^(C)
5 A father to the fatherless,^(D) a defender of widows,^(E)
    is God in his holy dwelling.^(F)
6 God sets the lonely^(G) in families,^[b](H)
    he leads out the prisoners^(I) with singing;
    but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^(J)

¹³ For you created my inmost being;^(A)
    you knit me together^(B) in my mother’s womb.^(C)
14 I praise you^(D) because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;
    your works are wonderful,^(E)
    I know that full well.
¹⁵ My frame was not hidden from you
    when I was made^(F) in the secret place,
    when I was woven together^(G) in the depths of the earth.^(H)
16 Your eyes saw my unformed body;
    all the days ordained^(I) for me were written in your book
    before one of them came to be.
¹⁷ How precious to me are your thoughts,^[a](J) God!^(K)
    How vast is the sum of them!
¹⁸ Were I to count them,^(L)
    they would outnumber the grains of sand^(M)—
    when I awake,^(N) I am still with you.

¹⁵ “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child^(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!^(B)