Psalms 119:73
[Yod.] Thy hands made me and establish me, Cause me to understand, and I learn Thy commands.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
In Context
72Better to me [is] the law of Thy mouth Than thousands of gold and silver!
74Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 22:12Only, Jehovah give to thee wisdom and understanding, and charge thee concerning Israel, even to keep the law of Jehovah thy God;
Job 10:8Thy hands have taken pains about me, And they make me together round about, And Thou swallowest me up!
Job 32:8Surely a spirit is in man, And the breath of the Mighty One Doth cause them to understand.
Psalms 100:3Know that Jehovah He [is] God, He made us, and we are His, His people — and the flock of His pasture.
Psalms 119:34Cause me to understand, and I keep Thy law, And observe it with the whole heart.
Psalms 119:144The righteousness of Thy testimonies [is] to Cause me to understand, and I 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 →