Psalms 119:100
I understand more than mine elders, because I have keep Thy precepts.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
In Context
99I have more understanding than all my teachers; for Thy testimonies are my meditation.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, in order that I might observe Thy word.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:6And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying: 'What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people?'
Job 15:9What knowest thou, that we know not? What understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak unto Job, because they were older than he.
Job 32:9It is not the great that are wise, nor the aged that discern judgment.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, that I keep Thy law and observe it with my whole heart.
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 →