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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:73 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:73 |
Strong Concordance |
JOD. Thy hands [03027] have made [06213] me and fashioned [03559] me: give me understanding [0995], that I may learn [03925] thy commandments [04687]. |
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King James |
JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
JOD. (Psa 119:73-80).
As God made, so He can best control, us. So as to Israel, he owed to God his whole internal and external existence (Deu 32:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thy 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 Mat 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 10:8; compare Psa 100:3.
And fashioned me - Fitted me; shaped me, formed me as I am. He had received alike his existence and the particular form of his existence from God - as a man makes a statue or image. Compare Psa 139:13-16.
Give me understanding ... - As I have derived my being from thee, so I am wholly dependent on thee to carry out the purpose for which I have been made. My Maker alone can give me understanding. I have no resources in myself. See Psa 119:34. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| The eightfold Jod. God humbles, but He also exalts again according to His word; for this the poet prays in order that he may be a consolatory example to the God-fearing, to the confusion of his enemies. It is impossible that God should forsake man, who is His creature, and deny to him that which makes him truly happy, viz., the understanding and knowledge of His word. For this spiritual gift the poet prays in Psa 119:73 (cf. on 73a, Deu 32:6; Job 10:8; Job 31:15); and he wishes in Psa 119:74 that all who fear God may see in him with joy an example of the way in which trust in the word of God is rewarded (cf. Psa 34:3; Psa 35:27; Psa 69:33; Psa 107:42, and other passages). He knows that God's acts of judgment are pure righteousness, i.e., regulated by God's holiness, out of which they spring, and by the salvation of men, at which they aim; and he knows that God has humbled him אמוּנה (accus. adverb. for בּאמוּנה), being faithful in His intentions towards him; for it is just in the school of affliction that one first learns rightly to estimate the worth of His word, and comes to feel its power. But trouble, though sweetened by an insight into God's salutary design, is nevertheless always bitter; hence the well-justified prayer of Psa 119:76, that God's mercy may notwithstanding be bestowed upon him for his consolation, in accordance with the promise which is become his (ל as in Psa 119:49), His servant's. עוּת, Psa 119:78, instead of being construed with the accusative of the right, or of the cause, that is perverted, is construed with the accusative of the person upon whom such perversion of right, such oppression by means of misrepresentation, is inflicted, as in Job 19:6; Lam 3:36. Chajug' reads עוּדוּני as in Psa 119:61. The wish expressed in Psa 119:79 is to be understood according to Psa 73:10; Jer 15:19, cf. Pro 9:4, Pro 9:16. If instead of וידעי (which is favoured by Psa 119:63), we read according to the Chethb וידעוּ (cf. Psa 119:125), then what is meant by ישׁוּבוּ לּי is a turning towards him for the purpose of learning: may their knowledge be enriched from his experience. For himself, however, in Psa 119:80 he desires unreserved, faultless, unwavering adherence to God's word, for only thus is he secure against being ignominiously undeceived. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thy 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. |
6 Do ye thus requite [01580] the LORD [03068], O foolish [05036] people [05971] and unwise [02450]? is not he thy father [01] that hath bought [07069] thee? hath he not made [06213] thee, and established [03559] thee?
73 JOD. Thy hands [03027] have made [06213] me and fashioned [03559] me: give me understanding [0995], that I may learn [03925] thy commandments [04687].
74 They that fear [03373] thee will be glad [08055] when they see [07200] me; because I have hoped [03176] in thy word [01697].
75 I know [03045], O LORD [03068], that thy judgments [04941] are right [06664], and that thou in faithfulness [0530] hast afflicted [06031] me.
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness [02617] be for my comfort [05162], according to thy word [0565] unto thy servant [05650].
77 Let thy tender mercies [07356] come [0935] unto me, that I may live [02421]: for thy law [08451] is my delight [08191].
78 Let the proud [02086] be ashamed [0954]; for they dealt perversely [05791] with me without a cause [08267]: but I will meditate [07878] in thy precepts [06490].
79 Let those that fear [03373] thee turn [07725] unto me, and those that have known [03045] [03045] thy testimonies [05713].
80 Let my heart [03820] be sound [08549] in thy statutes [02706]; that I be not ashamed [0954].
34 Give me understanding [0995], and I shall keep [05341] thy law [08451]; yea, I shall observe [08104] it with my whole heart [03820].
13 For thou hast possessed [07069] my reins [03629]: thou hast covered [05526] me in my mother's [0517] womb [0990].
14 I will praise [03034] thee; for I am fearfully [03372] and wonderfully made [06395]: marvellous [06381] are thy works [04639]; and that my soul [05315] knoweth [03045] right well [03966].
15 My substance [06108] was not hid [03582] from thee, when I was made [06213] in secret [05643], and curiously wrought [07551] in the lowest parts [08482] of the earth [0776].
16 Thine eyes [05869] did see [07200] my substance, yet being unperfect [01564]; and in thy book [05612] all my members were written [03789], which in continuance [03117] were fashioned [03335], when as yet there was none [0259] of them.
3 Know [03045] ye that the LORD [03068] he is God [0430]: it is he that hath made [06213] us, and not we ourselves; we are his people [05971], and the sheep [06629] of his pasture [04830].
8 Thine hands [03027] have made [06087] me and fashioned [06213] me together [03162] round about [05439]; yet thou dost destroy [01104] me.
18 For [1063] verily [281] I say [3004] unto you [5213], Till [2193] [302] heaven [3772] and [2532] earth [1093] pass [3928], one [1520] jot [2503] or [2228] one [3391] tittle [2762] shall in no wise [3364] pass [3928] from [575] the law [3551], till [2193] [302] all [3956] be fulfilled [1096].
80 Let my heart [03820] be sound [08549] in thy statutes [02706]; that I be not ashamed [0954].
125 I am thy servant [05650]; give me understanding [0995], that I may know [03045] thy testimonies [05713].
63 I am a companion [02270] of all them that fear [03372] thee, and of them that keep [08104] thy precepts [06490].
16 Whoso is simple [06612], let him turn in [05493] hither: and as for him that wanteth [02638] understanding [03820], she saith [0559] to him,
4 Whoso is simple [06612], let him turn in [05493] hither: as for him that wanteth [02638] understanding [03820], she saith [0559] to him,
19 Therefore thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], If thou return [07725], then will I bring thee again [07725], and thou shalt stand [05975] before [06440] me: and if thou take forth [03318] the precious [03368] from the vile [02151], thou shalt be as my mouth [06310]: let them return [07725] unto thee; but return [07725] not thou unto them.
10 Therefore his people [05971] return [07725] [07725] hither [01988]: and waters [04325] of a full [04392] cup are wrung out [04680] to them.
79 Let those that fear [03373] thee turn [07725] unto me, and those that have known [03045] [03045] thy testimonies [05713].
61 The bands [02256] of the wicked [07563] have robbed [05749] me: but I have not forgotten [07911] thy law [08451].
36 To subvert [05791] a man [0120] in his cause [07379], the Lord [0136] approveth [07200] not.
6 Know [03045] now [0645] that God [0433] hath overthrown [05791] me, and hath compassed [05362] me with his net [04686].
78 Let the proud [02086] be ashamed [0954]; for they dealt perversely [05791] with me without a cause [08267]: but I will meditate [07878] in thy precepts [06490].
49 ZAIN. Remember [02142] the word [01697] unto thy servant [05650], upon which thou hast caused me to hope [03176].
76 Let, I pray thee, thy merciful kindness [02617] be for my comfort [05162], according to thy word [0565] unto thy servant [05650].
42 The righteous [03477] shall see [07200] it, and rejoice [08055]: and all iniquity [05766] shall stop [07092] her mouth [06310].
33 For the LORD [03068] heareth [08085] the poor [034], and despiseth [0959] not his prisoners [0615].
27 Let them shout for joy [07442], and be glad [08055], that favour [02655] my righteous cause [06664]: yea, let them say [0559] continually [08548], Let the LORD [03068] be magnified [01431], which hath pleasure [02655] in the prosperity [07965] of his servant [05650].
3 O magnify [01431] the LORD [03068] with me, and let us exalt [07311] his name [08034] together [03162].
74 They that fear [03373] thee will be glad [08055] when they see [07200] me; because I have hoped [03176] in thy word [01697].
15 Did not he that made [06213] me in the womb [0990] make [06213] him? and did not one [0259] fashion [03559] us in the womb [07358]?
8 Thine hands [03027] have made [06087] me and fashioned [06213] me together [03162] round about [05439]; yet thou dost destroy [01104] me.
6 Do ye thus requite [01580] the LORD [03068], O foolish [05036] people [05971] and unwise [02450]? is not he thy father [01] that hath bought [07069] thee? hath he not made [06213] thee, and established [03559] thee?
73 JOD. Thy hands [03027] have made [06213] me and fashioned [03559] me: give me understanding [0995], that I may learn [03925] thy commandments [04687].