Psalms 119:73
יָדֶיךָ עָשׂוּנִי וַֽיְכוֹנְנוּנִי הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶלְמְדָה מִצְוֺתֶֽיךָ ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
In Context
72טֽוֹב ־ לִי תֽוֹרַת ־ פִּיךָ מֵאַלְפֵי זָהָב וָכָֽסֶף ׃
74יְרֵאֶיךָ יִרְאוּנִי וְיִשְׂמָחוּ כִּי לִדְבָרְךָ יִחָֽלְתִּי ׃
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12אַךְ יִֽתֶּן ־ לְּךָ יְהוָה שֵׂכֶל וּבִינָה וִֽיצַוְּךָ עַל ־ יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלִשְׁמוֹר אֶת ־ תּוֹרַת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ ׃
Job 10:8יָדֶיךָ עִצְּבוּנִי וַֽיַּעֲשׂוּנִי יַחַד סָבִיב וַֽתְּבַלְּעֵֽנִי ׃
Job 32:8אָכֵן רֽוּחַ ־ הִיא בֶאֱנוֹשׁ וְנִשְׁמַת שַׁדַּי תְּבִינֵֽם ׃
Psalms 100:3דְּעוּ כִּֽי ־ יְהוָה הוּא אֱלֹהִים הֽוּא ־ עָשָׂנוּ ולא אֲנַחְנוּ עַמּוֹ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 119:34הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶצְּרָה תֽוֹרָתֶךָ וְאֶשְׁמְרֶנָּה בְכָל ־ לֵֽב ׃
Psalms 119:144צֶדֶק עֵדְוֺתֶיךָ לְעוֹלָם הֲבִינֵנִי וְאֶחְיֶֽה ׃
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 →