Psalms 119:59
I have reckoned my ways, || And turn back my feet to Your testimonies.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
In Context
58I appeased Your face with the whole heart, || Favor me according to Your saying.
60I have made haste, || And did not delay, to keep Your commands.
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:4“And you have said to them, Thus said YHWH: Do they fall, and not rise? Does he turn back, and not return?
Lamentations 3:40We search our ways, and investigate, || And turn back to YHWH.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, I judge each according to his ways, || O house of Israel,” || A declaration of Lord YHWH, || “Turn back, indeed, turn yourselves back, || From all your transgressions, || And iniquity is not for a stumbling-block to you,
Ezekiel 33:19And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, || And he has done judgment and righteousness—he lives by them.
Haggai 1:5And now, thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Set your heart to your ways.
Luke 15:17And having come to himself, he said, How many hired workers of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I am perishing here with hunger!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:59
58 I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. David, having in the foregoing verse reflected upon his covenants with God, here reflects upon his prayers to God, and renews his petition. Observe, 1. What he prayed for. Having taken God for his portion, he entreated his favour, as one that knew he had forfeited it, was unworthy of it, and yet undone without it, but for ever happy if he could obtain it. We cannot demand God's favour as a debt, but must be humble suppliants… Read the whole commentary →