Mazmur 119:72-73

119:72 The law you have revealed is more important to me

than thousands of pieces of gold and silver. ¹ 

י (Yod)

119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. ² 

Give me understanding so that I might learn ³  your commands.

[119:72]  ¹ tn Heb “better to me [is] the law of your mouth than thousands of gold and silver.”

[119:73]  ² 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.

[119:73]  ³ tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.