Psalms 119:73

STROPHE 10

A PRAYER TO THE CREATOR THAT HE MAY VISIT THE PROUD; NOT HIS SERVANTS; WITH SHAME

Yodh

"Thy hands have made me and fashioned me:

Give me understanding that I may learn thy commandments.

They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,

Because I have hoped in thy word.

I know, O Jehovah, that thy judgments are righteous.

And that in faithfulness thou hast afflicted me.

Let, I pray thee, thy lovingkindness be for my comfort.

According to thy word unto thy servant.

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;

For thy law is my delight.

Let the proud be put to shame; for they have overthrown me wrongfully:

But I will meditate on thy precepts.

Let those that fear thee turn unto me;

And they shall know thy testimonies.

Let my heart be perfect in thy statutes,

That I be not put to shame."

"In faithfulness thou hast afflicted me" (Psalms 119:75). Miller observed that, "The psalmist recognized that God's discipline was right."[27] As Baigent put it, "He is mature enough to realize that there is spiritual value in suffering and that it can be God's school (Psalms 119:67,71,75)."[28]

"Let those that fear thee turn unto me" (Psalms 119:79). "Cognizant of his own rich knowledge of the Law, the psalmist is eager to share it with his co-religionists."[29]