Psalm 119:100
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I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
In other translations
I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
Hebrew words
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