Psalms 119:73

Psalms 119:73 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
• New International Version (NIV)Your hands made me and formed me; give me understanding to learn your commands.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Your hands have made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments.

Context of Psalms 119:73

71It is good for me that I was afflicted, That I may learn Your statutes. 72The law of Your mouth is better to me Than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Your hands made me and fashioned me; Give me understanding, that I may learn Your commandments. 74May those who fear You see me and be glad, Because I wait for Your word. 75I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.

Psalms 119:73 word by word

יָדֶ֣יךָ עָ֭שׂוּנִי וַֽיְכוֹנְנ֑וּנִי הֲ֝בִינֵ֗נִי וְאֶלְמְדָ֥ה מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Your handsיָדyâd · handH3027
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• fashionedכּוּןkûn · to establish: makeH3559
• Giveבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• that I may learnלָמַדlâmad · to learn: learnH3925
• Your commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Psalms 119:73

• Psalms 100:3Know that the Lord Himself is God; It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves; We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.
• Psalms 111:10The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever.
• Psalms 138:8The Lord will accomplish what concerns me; Your lovingkindness, O Lord, is everlasting; Do not forsake the works of Your hands.
• Psalms 139:14I will give thanks to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Wonderful are Your works, And my soul knows it very well.
• Job 10:8‘Your hands fashioned and made me altogether, And would You destroy me?
• Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may observe Your law And keep it with all my heart.
• 1 Chronicles 22:12Only the Lord give you discretion and understanding, and give you charge over Israel, so that you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
• 2 Chronicles 2:12Then Huram continued, “Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, who has made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, who will build a house for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
• Job 32:8But it is a spirit in man, And the breath of the Almighty gives them understanding.
• 2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
• 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
• James 3:18And the seed whose fruit is righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.

Commentaries on Psalms 119:73

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 73Thy hands have made me - Thou hast formed the mass out of which I was made; and fashioned me - thou hast given me that particular form that distinguishes me from all thy other creatures. Give me understanding - As thou hast raised me above the beasts that perish in my form and mode of life, teach me that I may live for a higher and nobler end, in loving, serving, and enjoying thee for ever. Show me that I was made for heaven, not for earth.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 73Thy hands have made me - This commences a new division of the psalm, in which each verse begins with the Hebrew letter Jod (י y ) - or “i” - the smallest letter in the Hebrew alphabet, called in Matthew 5:18, “jot;” “one jot or tittle shall in no wise pass from the law.” The words “thy hands have made me” are expressive of the idea that he had been formed or moulded by God - as the “hands” are the instruments by which we do anything. See the notes at Job…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 73-80Verses 73-80 God made us to serve him, and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unfit to serve him, and to enjoy him. We ought, therefore, continually to beseech him, by his Holy Spirit, to give us understanding. The comforts some have in God, should be matter of joy to others. But it is easy to own, that God's judgments are right, until it comes to be our own case. All supports under affliction must come from mercy and compassion. The mercies of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 73-76As God’s child, the psalmist asks for divine wisdom.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7373. As God made, so He can best control, us. So as to Israel, he owed to God his whole internal and external existence (De 32:6).Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 119:73

• God
• Instruction
• Man
• Prayer
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Break
• Comfort
• Delight
• Depart
• Establish
• Hallel
• Horror
• Incline
• Judgment
• Judgments of God

Commentaries on Psalms 119

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings