Psalms 119:73 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 119:73 - Albert 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, calle...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  JOD. Thy hands have (a) made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. (a) Because God does not leave his work that he has begun, he desires a new grace: that is...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  CXIX. Praise of the Law. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. a...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  fashioned . formed. Compare Job 31:15 . also Deuteronomy 32:18 .

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• Psalms 119:73 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  73. Thy hands have made and fashioned me. The avowal of the prophet, that he had been created by the hand of God, greatly contributed to inspire him with the hope of obtaining the favor whic...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Thy hands have made me - Thou hast formed the mass out of which I was made; and fashioned me -...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me. Israel saith this, in conformity with what Moses sai...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  JOD. (73) Fashioned. — Literally, fixed, established.

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• Psalms 119:73 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 119:1-176 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie i...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Profiting from Affliction Psalms 119:65-80 Before I was afflicted, I went astray; it is good for me that I have been afflicted; thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me . Here is the far-off in...

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• Psalms 119:73 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest sign...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  JOD. With most peculiar reference to the ever-blessed Jesus must we read the opening of this portion. A body hast thou prepared me, was said by Christ when beholding the redemption work he came to p...

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• Psalms 119:73 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, th...

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• Psalms 119:73 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  JOD. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. Ver. 73. Thy hands have made me and fashioned me ] Plasmaverunt, which Basil interpreteth...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  JOD. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me , &c. Desert not then thy own workmanship, that neither has nor hopes for any thing but from thy almighty power. Being thy creature, I know that...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  10. JOD.       73 Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.       Here, 1. David adores G...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  JOD I am thy creature, and therefore obliged to serve and obey thee with all my might; which that I may do aright I beg thy instruction or assistance. Or, thou hast made me once, make me a second t...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril ( Psalms 119:9 ; Psalms 119:23 ; Psalms 119:46 ; Psalms 119:141...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 119:73 , Psalms 119:116 I. Consider the care of the Creator for the lower creatures of His hand. The lower creatures have instincts given to them by God for their preservation. These in...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  In this Psalm we have, as it were, notes from David's pocket book. Psalms 119:73 . Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. This is a ve...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are mos...

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• Psalms 119:73 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding. The right attitude of man in relation to God I. Recognizing God as the author of his existence. “Thy hands.” I am not the creatur...

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• Psalms 119:73 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own...

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• Psalms 119:73 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Thy hands have made me and fashioned me, the special creation of man being referred to here, and the implication being that God will not destroy His noblest creature. Give me understanding, leading...

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• Psalms 119:73 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Chronicles 22:12 ; 1 John 5:20 ; 2 Chronicles 2:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:7 ; James 3:18 ; Job 10:8-11 ; Job 32:8 ; Psalms 100:3 ; Psalms 111:10 ; Psalms 138:8 ; Psalms 139:14-16

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