Psalms 119:100
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep your precepts.
Updated King James Version
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 your testimonies are my meditation.
101I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep your word.
Cross References
1 Kings 12:6And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do all of you advise that I may answer this people?
Job 15:9What know you, that we know not? what understand you, which is not in us?
Job 32:4Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.
Job 32:9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Psalms 119:34Give me understanding, and I shall keep your law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.
Matthew 7:24Therefore whosoever hears these sayings (o. logos) of mine, and does them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon 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 →