Psalms 119:59

119:58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. favour: Heb. face

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

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I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.

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

I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to your testimonies.

119:60 I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.

What does Psalms 119:59 mean?

Psalms 119:59 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חָשַׁב (châshab), דֶּרֶךְ (derek), שׁוּב (shûwb).

Hebrew interlinear

thoughtחָשַׁבchâshab/khaw-shab'/H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute

ways,דֶּרֶךְderek/deh'-rek/H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

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turnedשׁוּבshûwb/shoob/H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

feetרֶגֶלregel/reh'-gel/H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda

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testimonies.עֵדָהʻêdâh/ay-daw'/H5713testimony

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 119:59.

Genesis 19:2

And he said, Behold now, my lords, turn in, I pray you, into your servant's house, and tarry all night, and wash your feet, and ye shall rise up early, and go on your ways. And they said, Nay; but we will abide in the street all night.

Genesis 33:16

So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.

Genesis 8:9

But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark. pulled: Heb. caused her to come

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What does Psalms 119:59 say?

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

Is Psalms 119:59 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 119:59 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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