Psalms 119:59
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
In Context
58I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
60I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.
Cross References
Jeremiah 8:4And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and not return?
Lamentations 3:40We search our ways, and investigate, And turn back unto Jehovah.
Ezekiel 18:30Therefore, each according to his ways I judge you, O house of Israel? An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah, Turn ye back, yea, turn yourselves back, From all your transgressions, And iniquity is not to you for a stumbling-block,
Ezekiel 33:19And in the turning back of the wicked from his wickedness, And he hath done judgment and righteousness, by them he liveth.
Haggai 1:5And now, thus said Jehovah of Hosts, Set your heart to your ways.
Luke 15:17'And having come to himself, he said, How many hirelings of my father have a superabundance of bread, and I here with hunger am perishing!
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 →