King James Version
Psalms 119:73 in the King James Version says “JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.”
Psalms 119:73 · KJV
It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes.
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.
They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. right: Heb. righteousness
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“JOD Thy hands”
H3027a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v
“me and fashioned”
H3559properly, to be erect (i.e., stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix,
“me give me understanding”
H995to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand
“that I may learn”
H3925properly, to goad, i.e., (by implication) to teach (the rod being an middle eastern incentive)
“thy commandments”
H4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)
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