Psalms 119:100 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 119:100

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

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

DBT

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

About this book

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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15 verses on the floor

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.
Psalms 119:104
Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way.
Proverbs 28:5
Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things.
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.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 119:100JOB 28:28 PRO 1:7
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:100JOB 28:28 PRO 9:10
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:100JAS 3:13 GAL 5:23
PSA 119:100JOB 28:28 ECC 12:13
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 119:100JAS 3:13 JAS 3:17
PSA 119:100JOB 28:28 PSA 111:10
PSA 119:100JAS 3:13 MAT 5:5
PSA 119:100JOB 28:28 PRO 3:7

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