Gave you pearls with which to speak wisdom
Count them. Pearls of wisdom can speak truth and lies. It is the same with hands and fingers, they are pearls too, only more intricate. Look at your fingertips. From the tips that grow quickly in the cold to the joints that prefer warmth and the hands that cope with bangs and strains to the wrists that wrap us up to the arms. We are beautifully made.
Things go wrong though, we get old and ill and forgetful