Psalms 119:73
IOD. Thine hands haue made me and fashioned me: giue mee vnderstanding therefore, that I may learne thy commandements.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 Lawe of thy mouth is better vnto me, then thousands of golde and siluer.
74So they that feare thee, seeing mee shall reioyce, because I haue trusted in thy worde.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Onely the Lord giue thee wisedome and vnderstanding, and giue thee charge ouer Israel, euen to keepe the Lawe of the Lord thy God.
Job 10:8Thine handes haue made me, and fashioned mee wholy rounde about, and wilt thou destroy me?
Job 32:8Surely there is a spirite in man, but the inspiration of the Almightie giueth vnderstanding.
Psalms 100:3Knowe ye that euen the Lord is God: hee hath made vs, and not we our selues: we are his people, and the sheepe of his pasture.
Psalms 119:34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:144The righteousnes of thy testimonies is euerlasting: graunt me vnderstanding, and I shall liue.
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 →