Psalms 119:73

119:72 The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.

JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

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Your hands have made me and formed me. Give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.

Your hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn your commandments.

119:74 They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

What does Psalms 119:73 mean?

Psalms 119:73 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include יָד (yâd), עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), כּוּן (kûwn).

Hebrew interlinear

JOD.

Thy

handsיָדyâd/yawd/H3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),

have

madeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

and

fashionedכּוּןkûwn/koon/H3559properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, apply), or figurative (appoint, render sure, proper or prosperous)

me:

give

understanding,בִּיןbîyn/bene/H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

that

may

learnלָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/H3925properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

thy

commandments.מִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:73.

1 Chronicles 25:7

So the number of them, with their brethren that were instructed in the songs of the LORD, even all that were cunning, was two hundred fourscore and eight.

Deuteronomy 5:31

But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.

Deuteronomy 6:1

Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: go: Heb. pass over

Genesis 16:6

But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face. as: Heb. that which is good in thine eyes dealt: Heb. afflicted her

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What does Psalms 119:73 say?

Psalms 119:73 (King James Version) reads: "JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments."

Is Psalms 119:73 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:73 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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