Psalms 119:100

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
understand	אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן 'et.bo.Nan	H995	to separate mentally (or distinguish) · verb, hithpael imperfect, 1st person common singular
ancients	מִזְּקֵנִ֥ים mi.ze.ke.Nim	H2205	old · preposition + adjective, masculine plural absolute
keep	נָצָֽרְתִּי na.Tza.re.ti	H5341	to guard · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
precepts	פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָ fi.ku.Dei.cha	H6490	properly · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Psalms 111:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
James 3:13 Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.
Job 12:12 With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding.
Job 15:9-10 What knowest thou, that we know not? what understandest thou, which is not in us?
Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
Jeremiah 8:8-9 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
1 Kings 12:6-15 And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may…
Job 32:4 Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

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. Which way then could he get any great stock of learning? He tells us here how he came by it; he had it from God as the author: Thou hast made me wise. All true wisdom is from God. He had it by the word of God as the means, by his commandments and his testimonies. These are able to make us wise to salvation and to furnish the man of God for every good work. 1. These David took for his constant companions: "They are ever with me, ever in…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:100

I understand more than the ancients,.... Than those that had lived in ages before him; having clearer light given him, and larger discoveries made unto him, concerning the Messiah, his person and offices particularly, as it was usual for the Lord to do; or than aged men in his own time: for though wisdom, knowledge, and understanding, may be reasonably supposed to be with ancient men; who have had a long experience of things, and have had time and opportunity of making their observations, and of laying up a stock of knowledge; and this may be expected from them, and they may be applied to for it; yet this is not always the case; a younger man, as David was, may be endued with more knowledge…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

Psalm 119:97-104 m 97. O how have I loved thy law! it is my meditation all the day. m 98. Thou hast made me wiser than my adversaries by thy commandments: for they are ever with me. m 99. Thou hast made me to know more than all my teachers; for thy testimonies are my meditation. m 100. I excelled the aged in understanding; for I have kept thy statutes. m 101. I have restrained my feet from every evil path, that it may keep thy word. m 102. I have not declined from thy judgments; for thou hast taught me. m 103. O how sweet/save been thy words to my palate! sweeter than honey to my mouth! m 104. By thy statutes I have acquired understanding; therefore I have hated every false way. 97. O how…

The Church Fathers

But these teachers may be understood very reasonably to be those aged men, of whom he presently saith, "I am wiser than mine elders" (ver. 100). And this seemeth to me to be repeated here thus, that that age of His which is well known to us in the Gospel might be called to our remembrance; the age of boyhood, during which He was sitting among the aged, understanding more than all His teachers. For the smaller and the greater in age are wont to be termed younger and elder, although neither of them hath arrived at or approached old age; although if we are concerned to seek in the Gospel the express term, elders, more than whom He understood, we find it when the Scribes and Pharisees said unto Him, "Why do Thy disciples transgression the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread." Behold the transgression of the tradition of the elders is objected to Him. But He who was wiser than His elders, let us hear what answer He made them. "Why do ye also," He asked, "transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?" ...
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Obedience · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

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Psalms 119:100

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

John Gill on Psalms 119:100

John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:100

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:98-100

John Gill on Psalms 119:100

John Calvin on Psalms 119:97-104

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:97-104

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:97-104