Psalms 119:100
I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
In Context
99I have more knowledge than all my teachers, because I give thought to your unchanging word.
101I have kept back my feet from all evil ways, so that I might be true to your word.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:6Then King Rehoboam took the opinion of the old men who had been with Solomon his father when he was living, and said, In your opinion, what answer am I to give to this people?
Job 15:9What knowledge have you which we have not? is there anything in your mind which is not in ours?
Job 32:4Now Elihu had kept quiet while Job was talking, because they were older than he;
Job 32:9It is not the old who are wise, and those who are full of years have not the knowledge of what is right.
Psalms 119:34Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.
Matthew 7:24Everyone, then, to whom my words come and who does them, will be like a wise man who made his house on a rock;
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:99-101
98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. 99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. 100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts. We have here an account of David's learning, not that of the Egyptians, but of the Israelites indeed. I. The good method by which he got it. In his youth he minded business in the country as a shepherd; from his youth he minded business in the court and camp.… Read the whole commentary →