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Psalm 119:73 KJV
Psalms · chapter 119 · verse 73
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.Psalm 119:73 · King James Version
Psalm 119:73 in context
71It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
72The law of thy mouth is better unto me than thousands of gold and silver.
73Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
74They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
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Key words (Strong's)
- understandingbîynto separate mentallyH995 →
- fashionedkûwnproperly, to be erectH3559 →
- handsyâda handH3027 →
- learnlâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- madeʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
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Here, 1. David adores God as the God of nature and the author of his being: Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, Job 10:8. Every man is as truly the work of God's hands as the first man was, Psa 139:15, Psa 139:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary