Psalms 119:99
Above all my teachers have I obtained intelligence; for thy testimonies are my meditation.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
In Context
98Wiser than my enemy doth thy commandment make me; for it is perpetually with me.
100More than the elders do I possess understanding; because thy precepts do I keep.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations, that shall hear all these statutes, and they will say, Nothing but a wise and understanding people is this great nation.
1 Chronicles 15:11And David called for Zadok and Ebyathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, 'Assayah, and Joel, Shema'yah, and Eliel, and 'Amminadab,
2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah spoke comfortingly unto all the Levites that had good intelligence of the Lord: and they ate the festive-offerings during seven days, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to the Lord the God of their fathers.
Psalms 119:24Also thy testimonies are my delight, my counsellors.
Jeremiah 8:8How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Truly, behold in vain wrought the pen, in vain the writers.
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 →