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71 It was for my good that I was humbled;[a]
    so that I would learn your statutes.
72 Instruction[b] that comes from you[c] is better for me
    than thousands of gold and silver coins.[d]

Yod

Prayer for God’s Grace

73 Your hands made and formed me;
    give me understanding,
        that I may learn your commands.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 119:71 So MT; LXX reads that you humbled me; DSS 11QPsa reads that you afflicted me
  2. Psalm 119:72 Or Law
  3. Psalm 119:72 Lit. from your mouth
  4. Psalm 119:72 Lit. pieces