King James Version
Psalms 119:59 in the King James Version says “I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 119 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.”
Psalms 119:59 · KJV
CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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.
I made haste, and delayed not to keep thy commandments.
The bands of the wicked have robbed me: but I have not forgotten thy law. bands: or, companies
KJV Study — Public Domain
“I thought”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
“on my ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“and turned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“my feet”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
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