Psalms 119:100
I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
In Context
99I haue had more vnderstading then all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
101I haue refrained my feete from euery euil way, that I might keepe thy word.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:6And King Rehoboam tooke counsell with the olde men that had stande before Salomon his father, while he yet liued, and sayde, What counsell giue ye, that I may make an answere to this people?
Job 15:9What knowest thou that we knowe not? and vnderstandest that is not in vs?
Job 32:4(Now Elihu had wayted til Iob had spoken: for they were more ancient in yeeres then he)
Job 32:9Great men are not alway wise, neither doe the aged alway vnderstand iudgement.
Psalms 119:34Giue mee vnderstanding, and I will keepe thy Law: yea, I wil keepe it with my whole heart.
Matthew 7:24Whosoeuer then heareth of mee these words, and doeth the same, I will liken him to a wise man, which hath builded 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 →