I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
Psalm 139:14
A birthday is a natural time to look back with thanks and ahead with hope. These verses speak of life as a gift, of being known by God before birth and of His care through the years. Pick one for a card or a message, or keep one for yourself.
I praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Marvelous are Your works, and I know this very well.
Psalm 139:14
For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb.
Psalm 139:13
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all my days were written in Your book and ordained for me before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16
‘May the LORD bless you and keep you; may the LORD cause His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
Numbers 6:24–26
This is the day that the LORD has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
Psalm 118:24
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
Jeremiah 29:11
What it meansSo teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
Psalm 90:12
May He give you the desires of your heart and make all your plans succeed.
Psalm 20:4
Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Psalm 23:6
Because of the loving devotion of the LORD we are not consumed, for His mercies never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
Lamentations 3:22–23
You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
Psalm 16:11
Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
Isaiah 46:4
I have leaned on You since birth; You pulled me from my mother’s womb. My praise is always for You.
Psalm 71:6
The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
Zephaniah 3:17
Beloved, I pray that in every way you may prosper and enjoy good health, as your soul also prospers.
3 John 1:2
The LORD will watch over your coming and going, both now and forevermore.
Psalm 121:8
You crown the year with Your bounty, and Your paths overflow with plenty.
Psalm 65:11
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.
James 1:17