PSALMS 119:100 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.”
I understand more than the aged, because I have kept your precepts. The wisdom of the 'aged' is surpassed by the psalmist's understanding, attributed to law-keeping ('because I have kept your precepts'). This verse indicates that obedience produces wisdom transcending age.
Church Fathers on Psalms 119:100
1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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