119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,
and keep it with all my heart. 1
י (Yod)
119:73 Your hands made me and formed me. 2
Give me understanding so that I might learn 3 your commands.
1 tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.
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.
3 tn The cohortative verbal form with vav (ו) conjunctive indicates purpose/result after the preceding imperative.