Psalms 119:34

119:34 Give me understanding so that I might observe your law,

and keep it with all my heart. ¹ 

Psalms 119:73

י (Yod)

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

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

[119:34]  ¹ tn The two prefixed verbal forms with vav (ו) conjunctive indicate purpose/result after the introductory imperative.

[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.