Psalm 119:100 “I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.”

Psalm 119:100

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts.

American Standard Version

I understand more than the aged, Because I have kept thy precepts.

Geneva Bible 1599

I vnderstoode more then the ancient, because I kept thy precepts.

Darby Translation

I understand more than the aged, because I have observed thy precepts.

Young's Literal Translation

Above elders I understand more, For Thy precepts I have kept.

Bible in Basic English

I have more wisdom than the old, because I have kept your orders.

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Cross references

“understand”

Job 12:12 1 Kings 12:6–15 Job 32:4 Job 15:9 Job 15:10 Job 32:10

Job 12:12 · BSB

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

1 Kings 12:6–15 · BSB

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.

Job 32:4 · BSB

Now Elihu had waited to speak to Job because the others were older than he.

Job 15:9 · BSB

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

Job 15:10 · BSB

Both the gray-haired and the aged are on our side— men much older than your father.

Job 32:10 · BSB

Therefore I say, ‘Listen to me; I too will declare what I know.’

“because”

Psalm 111:10 James 3:13 Job 28:28 Matthew 7:24 Jeremiah 8:8 Jeremiah 8:9

Psalm 111:10 · BSB

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

James 3:13 · BSB

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.

Job 28:28 · BSB

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

Matthew 7:24 · BSB

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

Jeremiah 8:8 · BSB

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?

Jeremiah 8:9 · BSB

The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

Also

Job 32:7–10

Job 32:7–10 · BSB

I thought that age should speak, and many years should teach wisdom.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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