Your hands have made and fashioned me; give me understanding that I may learn your commandments.
I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.
The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.
Did not he who made me in the womb make him? And did not one fashion us in the womb?
But it is the spirit in man, the breath of the Almighty, that makes him understand.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; all those who practice it have a good understanding. His praise endures forever!
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Think over what I say, for the Lord will give you understanding in everything.
I am your servant; give me understanding, that I may know your testimonies!
Give me understanding, that I may keep your law and observe it with my whole heart.
Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
And a harvest of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Let my cry come before you, O Lord; give me understanding according to your word!
Hiram also said, “Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who made heaven and earth, who has given King David a wise son, who has discretion and understanding, who will build a temple for the Lord and a royal palace for himself.
Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live.
Only, may the Lord grant you discretion and understanding, that when he gives you charge over Israel you may keep the law of the Lord your God.
Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews.
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