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Psalm 119:71-73
New English Translation

71 It was good for me to suffer,
so that I might learn your statutes.
72 The law you have revealed is more important to me
than thousands of pieces of gold and silver.[a]

י (Yod)

73 Your hands made me and formed me.[b]
Give me understanding so that I might learn[c] your commands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:72 tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”
  2. Psalm 119:73 tn Heb “made me and established me.” The two verbs also appear together in Deut 32:6, where God, compared to a father, is said to have “made and established” Israel.
  3. Psalm 119:73 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.
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