Psalms 119:73
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, that I may learn Thy commandments.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 of Thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
74They that fear Thee shall see me and be glad, because I have hope in Thy word.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Only the LORD give thee discretion and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel; that so thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
Job 10:8Thy hands have framed me and fashioned me together round about; yet Thou dost destroy me!
Job 32:8But it is a spirit in man, and the breath of the Almighty, that giveth them understanding.
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD He is God; it is He that hath made us, and we our His, His people, and the flock of His pasture.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:144Thy testimonies are righteous for ever; give me understanding, and I shall 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 →