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Psalms 119:73 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 119:73Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:736 words
HebrewMeaning
יָדֶ֣י/ךָyādeykā
hands yournounH3027
about · armholes · at · axletree ···
עָ֭שׂוּ/נִיʿāśwniy
they made meverbH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
וַֽ/יְכוֹנְנ֑וּ/נִיwayəkwōnənwniy
and they prepared meconjH3559
confirm · direct · faithfulness · fashion ···
הֲ֝בִינֵ֗/נִיhăbiynēniy
give understanding meverbH995
consider · be cunning · diligently · direct ···
וְ/אֶלְמְדָ֥הwəʾeləmədāh
so let me learnconjH3925
diligently · expert · instruct · learn ···
מִצְוֺתֶֽי/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 119:73

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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