Psalmen 119:73

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

Uw handen hebben mij gemaakt en vastgesteld; geef mij doorzicht, opdat ik uw geboden lere.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Uwe hand heeft mij gemaakt en bereid; onderwijs mij, opdat ik uwe geboden lere.

Staten Vertaling
Jod. Uw handen hebben mij gemaakt, en bereid; maak mij verstandig, opdat ik Uw geboden lere.

Bible Verse Review
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Thy hands: Psalms 100:3, Psalms 111:10, Psalms 138:8, Psalms 139:14-16, Job 10:8-11

give me: Psalms 119:34, Psalms 119:125, Psalms 119:144, Psalms 119:169, 1 Chronicles 22:12, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Job 32:8, 2 Timothy 2:7, 1 John 5:20

that I may: Psalms 111:10, James 3:18

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 3:9 - Give therefore 2 Chronicles 1:10 - Give me Psalms 86:11 - Teach Psalms 119:7 - when Psalms 143:8 - cause me Proverbs 2:3 - if Proverbs 14:8 - wisdom Isaiah 64:8 - all are Daniel 9:13 - that we

Gill's Notes on the Bible

y, JOD.--The Tenth Part.

Ver. 73. JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me,.... Not the psalmist himself, nor his parents, but the Lord alone: for though parents are fathers of our flesh, they are but instruments in the hand of the Lord; though man is produced by natural generation, yet the formation and fashioning of men are as much owing to the power and wisdom of God, which are his hands, as the formation of Adam was. Job owns this in much the same words as the psalmist does, Job 10:8; see

Psalms 139:13. God not only gives conception, and forms the embryo in the womb, but fashions and gives it its comely and proportionate parts. Or, "covered me"; the first word may respect conception, and this the covering of the fetus with the secundine t; see Psalms 139:13;

give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments; since he had a proper comely body, and a reasonable soul; though debased by sin, and brought into a state of ignorance, especially as to spiritual things, he desires he might have a spiritual understanding given him; of the word of God in general, the truths and doctrines of it, which are not understood by the natural man; and of the precepts of it in particular, that he might so learn them as to know the sense and meaning of them, their purity and spirituality; and so as to do them from a principle of love, in faith, and to the glory of God: for it is not a bare learning them by heart, or committing them to memory, nor a mere theory of them, but the practice of them in faith and love, which is here meant.

t Vid. Hackmam. Praecid. Sacr. p. 195.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 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 10:8; compare Psalms 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 Psalms 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 Psalms 119:34.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

LETTER י YOD. - Tenth Division

Verse Psalms 119:73. 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.