Psalms 119:100
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
In Context
99I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.
101I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:6Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.
Job 15:9What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?
Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.
Job 32:9It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding that I may obey Your law, and follow it with all my heart.
Matthew 7:24Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the 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 →