Psalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
In Context
72The law from Your mouth is more precious to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
74May those who fear You see me and rejoice, for I have hoped in Your word.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Above all, may the LORD give you insight and understanding when He puts you in command over Israel, so that you may keep the Law of the LORD your God.
Job 10:8Your hands shaped me and altogether formed me. Would You now turn and destroy me?
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD is God. It is He who made us, and we are His; we are His people, and the sheep of His pasture.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Psalms 119:144Your testimonies are righteous forever. Give me understanding, that I may live.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:73
72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver. This is a reason why David reckoned that when by his afflictions he learned God's statutes, and the profit did so much counterbalance the loss, he was really a gainer by them; for God's law, which he got acquaintance with by his affliction, was better to him than all the gold and silver which he lost by his affliction. 1. David had but a little of the word of God in comparison with what we have, yet see how highly he valued it; how… Read the whole commentary →