Psalms 119:59

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

I have considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

חִשַּׁ֥בְתִּי דְרָכָ֑י וָאָשִׁ֥יבָה רַ֝גְלַ֗י אֶל־עֵדֹתֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

ḥiššaḇtî ḏǝrāḵāy and-ʾāšîḇāh raḡlay to-ʿēḏōṯeykā

Grammar Details

• *ḥiššaḇtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I have considered
• *ḏǝrāḵāy*: masculine plural noun + 1st person singular suffix - my ways
• *wāʾāšîḇāh*: conjunction + hiphil imperfect cohortative 1st person singular - and I turned
• *raḡlay*: feminine dual noun + 1st person singular suffix - my feet
• *ʾel-ʿēḏōṯeykā*: preposition + feminine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - to your testimonies

Word Meanings

• *ḥiššaḇtî*: I have considered/thought about/pondered
• *ḏǝrāḵāy*: my ways/paths/conduct
• *ʾāšîḇāh*: I turned/returned/brought back

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  I considered my ways and turned my feet to Your testimonies.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  I call myne owne wayes to remembraunce, and turne my fete in to thy testimonies.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

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

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  I consider my actions and follow your rules.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:30-31 : 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice. 31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you, destroy you, or forget the covenant He swore to your ancestors.
• Jer 8:4-6 : 4 You shall say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: Do people fall and not get up? If they turn away, do they not return?’ 5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in perpetual backsliding? They hold tightly to deceit; they refuse to return. 6 I have listened and heard, but they do not speak what is right. No one repents of their wickedness, saying, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone turns to their own course, like a horse charging into battle.
• Jer 31:18-19 : 18 I have surely heard Ephraim’s lamenting: 'You disciplined me, and I was disciplined, like an untrained calf. Restore me, and I will return, for you are the LORD my God.' 19 After I turned away, I repented; after I came to understand, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.
• Lam 3:40 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
• Ezek 18:28 : 28 Because they consider all the offenses they have committed and turn away from them, they will surely live; they will not die.
• Ezek 18:30 : 30 Therefore, house of Israel, I will judge each of you according to your own ways, declares the Sovereign Lord. Repent! Turn away from all your offenses; then sin will not be your downfall.
• Ezek 33:14-16 : 14 And if I say to the wicked person, 'You will surely die,' but they turn from their sin and do what is just and right— 15 if they return what they took in pledge for a loan, restore anything they have stolen, and follow the decrees that give life, doing no wrong—they will surely live; they will not die. 16 None of the sins they have committed will be remembered against them. They have done what is just and right; they will surely live.
• Ezek 33:19 : 19 But if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live because of it.
• Joel 2:13 : 13 Tear open your hearts, not your garments, and return to the LORD your God, for he is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in steadfast love, and he relents from sending calamity.
• Hag 1:5 : 5 Now, this is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
• Hag 1:7 : 7 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider carefully your ways.
• Luke 15:17-20 : 17 But when he came to his senses, he said, 'How many of my father's hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am dying from hunger! 18 I will rise up and go to my father and say to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you. 19 I am no longer worthy to be called your son. Treat me as one of your hired servants.’ 20 And he rose up and went to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran, embraced him, and kissed him.
• 2 Cor 12:21 : 21 I fear that when I come again, my God will humble me before you, and I will grieve over many who have sinned earlier and have not repented of the impurity, sexual immorality, and sensuality they have practiced.
• 2 Cor 13:5 : 5 Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize that Jesus Christ is in you—unless, of course, you fail the test?