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 said to her, Deuteronomy 32:6 (cf. Deuteronomy 32:15; Isaiah 44:2).
Give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments. 'Whatever I am or can is thine; I, cannot therefore teach myself; do thou teach me' (Cocceius). The gift of understanding in the will and Word of God is the crowning gift without which one's natural birth would be a curse, instead of a blessing.