KJV ORIGINAL
Thy hands have made me and fashioned me: give me understanding, that I may learn thy commandments.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Your hands created me and formed me: give me wisdom so I can learn your commands.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is acknowledging that God made them and asking for understanding to learn God's ways.
📚 Historical Context
Psalm 119 is the longest chapter in the Bible, written as an acrostic poem where each section begins with successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet. This particular verse comes from the section beginning with the Hebrew letter 'Yodh.' The psalm was likely written during or after the Babylonian exile when the Jewish people were rediscovering the importance of God's law.
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