Psalms 119:73
Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.
World Messianic 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 Torah you have spoken is better to me than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.
74Those who fear you will see me and be glad, because I have put my hope in your word.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12May the LORD give you discretion and understanding, and put you in charge of Israel, so that you may keep the law of the LORD your God.
Job 10:8“‘Your hands have framed me and fashioned me altogether, yet you destroy me.
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man, and the Spirit of the Almighty gives them understanding.
Psalms 100:3Know that the LORD, he is God. It is he who has made us, and we are his. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I will keep your Torah. Yes, I will obey it with my whole 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 →