PSA 119

Psalm 119:73

WEB

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

BSB

Your hands have made me and fashioned me; give me understanding to learn Your commandments.

KJV

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

Matthew Henry

Verse 73

Psalms 119:73

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. "Thy hands have not only made me, and given me a being, otherwise I should never have been, but fashioned me, and given me this being, this noble and excellent being, endued with these powers and faculties;" and we must own that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. 2. He addresses himself to God as the God of grace, and begs he will be the author of his new and better being. God made us to serve him and enjoy him; but by sin we have made ourselves unable for his service and indisposed for the enjoyment of him; and we must have a new and divine nature, otherwise we had the human nature in vain; therefore David prays, "Lord, since thou hast made me by thy power for thy glory, make me anew by thy grace, that I may answer the ends of my creation and live to some purpose: Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments." The way in which God recovers and secures his interest in men is by giving them an understanding; for by that door he enters into the soul and gains possession of it.

Cross-references: Job 10:8 · Ps 139:15 · Ps 139:16

Hebrew interlinear

H3027

יָדyâd/yawd/

n-f — hand, open, power, means, direction, closed

Derivation: a primitive word;

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows]

KJV: ( be) able, × about, armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, × bounty, broad, (broken-) handed, × by, charge, coast, consecrate, creditor, custody, debt, dominion, × enough, fellowship, force, × from, hand(-staves, -y work), × he, himself, × in, labour, large, ledge, (left-) handed, means, × mine, ministry, near, × of, × order, ordinance, × our, parts, pain, power, × presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, swear, terror, × thee, × by them, × themselves, × thine own, × thou, through, × throwing, thumb, times, × to, × under, × us, × wait on, (way-) side, where, wide, × with (him, me, you), work, yield, × yourselves.

יָד

n.f — hand

יָד 1604 n.f. hand

1. hand

2. Fig. = strength, power

3. Fig. = side

4. יָד is used in various special, technical senses:—

a. sign, monument

b. part, fractional part or share

c. time, repetition

d. axle-trees

e. stays, supports for laver

f. tenons on sides of boards of tabernacle

g. a (beckoning) hand

5. יַד with prep.

H6213

עָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/

v — do, make

Derivation: a primitive root;

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

KJV: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, × certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, feast, (fight-) ing man, finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, hinder, hold (a feast), × indeed, be industrious, journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, × sacrifice, serve, set, shew, × sin, spend, × surely, take, × thoroughly, trim, × very, vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.

עָשָׂה

vb — do

עָשָׂה 2622 vb. do, make

Qal 2524

I.

1. do (1560 t.)

2. deal with

3. oft. in phr. do kindness with

4. abs. act, act with effect

II.

1. make (670 t.)

2. produce, yield

3. prepare, esp. of dressing and cooking food

4. make offering

5. attend to, put in order

6. observe, celebrate, religious festival

7. acquire property of various kinds

8. appoint priests

9. bring about of י׳’s effecting a deliverance

10. use

11. spend, pass, days of life

Niph. 97

1. be done

2.

a. be made, of concr. things

b. be produced from vine

c. be prepared, of food

d. be offered

e. be observed, passover

f. be used

Pu. I was made

עָשָׂה

vb — press

[עָשָׂה] vb. Pi. press, squeeze

H3559

כּוּןkûwn/koon/

v n-m — be erect, set up, establish, fix, prepare, apply, appoint, render sure, proper, prosperous

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, 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)

KJV: certain(-ty), confirm, direct, faithfulness, fashion, fasten, firm, be fitted, be fixed, frame, be meet, ordain, order, perfect, (make) preparation, prepare (self), provide, make provision, (be, make) ready, right, set (aright, fast, forth), be stable, (e-) stablish, stand, tarry, × very deed.

כּוּן

vb — be firm

[כּוּן] 218 vb. prob. be firm, only in der. conj.

Niph.

1. be set up, established, fixed

2. in a moral sense, be directed aright, of ways

3. prepare, be ready

4. pass. be prepared, of judgments

Hiph.

1. establish, set up

2.

a. fix, so as to be ready, make ready, prepare, a gift

b. provide for, provide, furnish

3. direct one's face toward

4. arrange, order

Hoph.

1. be established, of throne

2. be prepared for

Po‛lēl.

1. set up, establish

2. constitute, make, a man (in womb)

3. fix, so as to be ready

4. direct

Po‛lal. be established

Hithpo‛l. be established

נָכוֹן

n. [m.] — blow

נָכוֹן n. [m.] = blow Jb 12:5

H995

בִּיןbîyn/bene/

v — separate, distinguish, understand

Derivation: a primitive root;

to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand

KJV: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).

בִּין

vb — discern

בִּין vb. discern

Qal

1. perceive

2. understand, know (with mind)

3. observe, mark, give heed to, distinguish, consider (with attention)

4. have discernment, insight, understanding

Niph. be intelligent, discreet, discerning, distinguish, have understanding

Po. he attentively considereth him

Hiph.

1. understand

2. give heed to, attend to, observe, discern

3. give understanding, make understand, teach

Hithp.

1. shew oneself attentive, consider diligently

2. get understanding, understand

3. shew oneself to have understanding

H3925

לָמַדlâmad/law-mad'/

v — goad, teach, incentive

Derivation: a primitive root;

properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)

KJV: (un-) accustomed, × diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, -ing).

לָמַד

vb — exercise in

לָמַד vb. exercise in, learn

Qal learn something

Piel teach

Pual trained; taught

H4687

מִצְוָהmitsvâh/mits-vaw'/

n-f — command, Law

Derivation: from 6680;

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)

KJV: (which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.

מִצְוָה

n.f — commandment

מִצְוָה 181 n.f. commandment

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