Psalms 119:73
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
King James Version
In Context
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Only the LORD give thee wisdom and understanding, and give thee charge concerning Israel, that thou mayest keep the law of the LORD thy God.
Job 10:8Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Job 32:8But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding.
Psalms 100:3Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of thy testimonies is everlasting: 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 →