Psalms 119:99
Above all my teachers I have acted wisely. For Thy testimonies [are] my meditation.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.
In Context
98Than mine enemies Thy command maketh me wiser, For it [is] before me to the age.
100Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 4:6and ye have kept and done [them] (for it [is] your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding [is] this great nation.
1 Chronicles 15:11And David calleth to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
2 Chronicles 30:22And Hezekiah speaketh unto the heart of all the Levites, those giving good understanding concerning Jehovah, and they eat the appointed thing seven days; sacrificing sacrifices of peace-offerings, and making confession to Jehovah, God of their fathers.
Psalms 119:24Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
Jeremiah 8:8How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.
Matthew 13:11And he answering said to them that — 'To you it hath been given to know the secrets of the reign of the heavens, and to these it hath not been given,
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 →