Psalms 119 · Verse 100

Psalms 119:100

I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
Psalms 119:100, King James Version

Psalms 119:100 in other translations

BSBI discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
WEBI understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
ASVI understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
YLTAbove elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.
DARBYI understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
BBEI have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.
WebsterI understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

What does Psalms 119:100 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:98-100

98-100. of knowledge, both of the matter of all useful, moral truth, and an experience of its application. wiser than mine enemies--with all their carnal cunning (De 4:6, 8). they are ever with me--The Hebrew is, rather singular, "it is ever with me"; the commandments forming ONE complete whole, Thy law.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 100 I understand more than the ancients - God had revealed to him more of that hidden wisdom which was in his law than he had done to any of his predecessors. And this was most literally true of David, who spoke more fully about Christ than any who had gone before him; or, indeed, followed after him. His compositions are, I had almost said, a sublime Gospel.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:97-104

What we love, we love to think of. All true wisdom is from God. A good man carries his Bible with him, if not in his hands, yet in his head and in his heart. By meditation on God's testimonies we understand more than our teachers, when we understand our own hearts. The written word is a more sure guide to heaven, than all the fathers, the teachers, and ancients of the church. We cannot, with any comfort or boldness…

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Psalms 119:100 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִזְּקֵנִ֥יםmi.ze.ke.Nimmore than old [people]H2205
אֶתְבּוֹנָ֑ן'et.bo.NanI gain understandingH995
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
פִקּוּדֶ֣יךָfi.ku.Dei.chaprecepts yourH6490
נָצָֽרְתִּי\׃na.Tza.re.tiI have observedH5341

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:100

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Job 28:28

    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

  • 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? With us are both the grayheaded and very aged men, much elder than thy father.

  • 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. The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

  • 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 answer this people? And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. But he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him, and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him: And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? …

  • Matthew 7:24

    Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:

  • Job 32:4

    Now Elihu had waited till Job had spoken, because they were elder than he.

  • Job 32:7-10

    I said, Days should speak, and multitude of years should teach wisdom. But there is a spirit in man: and the inspiration of the Almighty giveth them understanding. Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. Therefore I said, Hearken to me; I also will shew mine opinion.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
understand.
1Ki 12:6-15; Job 12:12; 15:9,10; 32:4,10
because.
111:10; Job 28:28; Jer 8:8,9; Mt 7:24; Jas 3:13

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Context

  • Psalms 119:99

    I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

  • Psalms 119:100

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

  • Psalms 119:101

    I have refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word.

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Psalms 119:100 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Más que los viejos he entendido, porque he guardado tus mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		J’ai plus de sens que les anciens, parce que j’observe tes préceptes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mehr Einsicht habe ich als die Alten, denn deine Vorschriften habe ich bewahrt.