This is the name of the tenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet. In the Hebrew language, each line of verses 73-80 begins with this letter.
# Your hands have made and fashioned me
God creating a person is spoken of as if God used his hands to shape the person the way someone may shape clay into an object. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
# Your hands
Here "hands" represents God's power or action. AT: "You" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# because I find hope in your word
"because I trust what you say" or "I confidently believe what you say"