Psalms 119 · Verse 59

Psalms 119:59

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Psalms 119:59, King James Version

Psalms 119:59 in other translations

BSBI considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
WEBI considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
ASVI thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
YLTI have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
DARBYI have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
BBEI gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.
WebsterI thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.

What does Psalms 119:59 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:57-60

57-60. Sincere desires for God's favor, penitence, and activity in a new obedience, truly evince the sincerity of those who profess to find God a portion (Nu 18:20; Psa 16:5; La 3:24).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 59 First. I thought on my ways - חשבתי chashabti, I deeply pondered them; I turned them upside down; I viewed my conduct on all sides. The word, as used here, is a metaphor taken from embroidering, where the figure must appear the same on the one side as it does on the other; therefore, the cloth must be turned on each side every time the needle is set in, to see that the stitch be fairly set. Thus narrowly and scrupulously did the psalmist examine his conduct; and the result was, a deep conviction that he had departed from the way of God and truth. Secondly. And turned my feet unto thy testimonies - Having made the above discovery, and finding himself under the displeasure of God, he abandoned every evil way, took God's word for his directory, and set out fairly in the way of life and salvation.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:57-64

True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste…

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Psalms 119:59 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חִשַּׁ֥בְתִּיchi.Shav.tiI have thought aboutH2803
דְרָכָ֑יde.ra.Khaiways myH1870
וָאָשִׁ֥יבָהva.'a.Shi.vahand I have turned back !H7725
רַ֝גְלַ֗יrag.Laifeet myH7272
אֶל\־'el-toH413
עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ\׃'e.do.Tei.khatestimonies yourH5713

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Cross references for Psalms 119:59

  • 2 Corinthians 13:5

    Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?

  • Ezekiel 18:28

    Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.

  • Lamentations 3:40

    Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:21

    And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

  • Luke 15:17-20

    And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

  • Haggai 1:7

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

  • Ezekiel 18:30

    Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord God. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.

  • Haggai 1:5

    Now therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts; Consider your ways.

  • Joel 2:13

    And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the Lord your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.

  • Jeremiah 8:4-6

    Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

  • Ezekiel 33:14-16

    Again, when I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right; If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die. None of his sins that he hath committed shall be mentioned unto him: he hath done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.

  • Deuteronomy 4:30-31

    When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the Lord thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; (For the Lord thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thought.
La 3:40; Eze 18:28,30; Hag 1:5,7; Lu 15:17-20; 2Co 13:5
turned.
De 4:30,31; Jer 8:4-6; 31:18,19; Eze 33:14-16,19; Joe 2:13
2Co 12:21

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Context

  • Psalms 119:58

    I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

  • Psalms 119:59

    I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

  • Psalms 119:60

    I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

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Psalms 119:59 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Consideré mis caminos, y torné mis pies á tus testimonios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
J’ai pensé à mes voies, et j’ai tourné mes pieds vers tes témoignages.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Ich habe meine Wege überdacht, und meine Füße gekehrt zu deinen Zeugnissen.