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Psalms 119:73
73Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding that I may learn Your mitzvot.
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, so that I may learn Your decrees. 72The Torah from Your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver pieces. Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding that I may learn Your mitzvot. 74Those in awe of You see me and rejoice, because I put my hope in Your word. 75I know, Adonai, Your judgments are just. In faithfulness You have afflicted me.
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יָדֶ֣יךָ עָ֭שׂוּנִי וַֽיְכוֹנְנ֑וּנִי הֲ֝בִינֵ֗נִי וְאֶלְמְדָ֥ה מִצְוֹתֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 119:73
- Psalms 100:3Know that Adonai, He is God. It is He who has made us, and we are His. We are His people, the sheep of His pasture.
- Psalms 111:10The fear of Adonai is the beginning of wisdom. All who follow His precepts have good understanding. His praise endures forever!
- Psalms 138:8Adonai will fulfill His purpose for me. Your lovingkindness, Adonai, endures forever. Do not abandon the work of Your hands.
- Psalms 139:14I praise You, for I am awesomely, wonderfully made! Wonderful are Your works— and my soul knows that very well.
- Job 10:8“Your hands molded and fashioned me, will You now destroy me completely?
- Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I may keep Your Torah and observe it with all my heart.
- 1 Chronicles 22:12Only may Adonai give you insight and understanding when He gives you charge over Israel so that you may observe the Torah of Adonai your God.
- 2 Chronicles 2:12So now I am sending Huram-abi—a skilled man endowed with understanding
- Job 32:8But there is a spirit in people, the breath of Shaddai that gives them understanding.
- 2 Timothy 2:7Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that Ben-Elohim has come and given us insight, so that we may know Him who is true—and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Yeshua the Messiah. This One is the true God and eternal life.
- James 3:18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in shalom by those who make shalom.
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
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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
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