Psalms 119:100

98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.

99 I have more insight than all my teachers, for Your testimonies are my meditation.

I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.

101 I have kept my feet from every evil path, that I may keep Your word.

102 I have not departed from Your ordinances, for You Yourself have taught me.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
KJV
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.
WEB
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.
ASV
I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.
DARBY
I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.
BLB
I understand above elders, for Your precepts I have kept.
ÅB
Jeg er forstandigere enn de gamle; for jeg har tatt vare på dine befalinger.
OTB
Jeg forstår mer enn de gamle,
Fordi jeg har holdt dine påbud.
B1930
Jeg er forstandigere enn de gamle; for jeg har tatt vare på dine befalinger.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • James 3:13

    Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good conduct, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

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  • Psalms 111:10

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow His precepts gain rich understanding. His praise endures forever!

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  • Job 28:28

    And He said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

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  • Job 12:12

    Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.

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  • Job 15:9–10

    What do you know that we do not? What do you understand that is not clear to us?

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  • Jeremiah 8:8–9

    How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

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  • 1 Kings 12:6–15

    Then King Rehoboam consulted with the elders who had served his father Solomon during his lifetime. “How do you advise me to respond to these people?” he asked.

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  • Matthew 7:24

    Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock.

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