the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 119:59
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I pondered the direction of my life, and I turned to follow your laws.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I thought on my ways, And turned my feet to your testimonies.
I thought about my life, and I decided to follow your rules.
I consider my actions and follow your rules.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.
I considered my ways And turned my feet to [follow and obey] Your testimonies.
When I think on my ways, I turn my feet to your testimonies;
I bithouyte my weies; and Y turnede my feet in to thi witnessyngis.
I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
I pay careful attention as you lead me, and I follow closely.
I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I gave thought to my steps, and my feet were turned into the way of your unchanging word.
I thought about my ways and turned my feet toward your instruction.
I have thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
I thought very carefully about my life, and I decided to follow your rules.
I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.
I thought on my wayes: and turned my feete vnto thy Testimonies.
I thought about my ways and turned my steps to Your Law.
When I think of your ways, I turn my feet to your decrees;
I haue considered my waies, and turned my feete into thy testimonies.
I thought on my ways, and turned my feet to thy paths.
I have considered my conduct, and I promise to follow your instructions.
I have thought upon my ways, and have turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
(118-59) I have thought on my ways: and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
When I think of thy ways, I turn my feet to thy testimonies;
I haue considered mine owne wayes: and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies.
I thought on thy ways, and turned my feet to thy testimonies.
I thought about my waysand turned my steps back to your decrees.
I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.
I think about my ways, and turn my feet to your testimonies.
I mused on my ways and turned my feet to Your Testimonies.
I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.
I call myne owne wayes to remembraunce, and turne my fete in to thy testimonies.
I considered my ways And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
I thought about my ways, And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
I considered my ways And turned my feet to Your testimonies.
I thought upon my waysAnd I turned my feet to Your testimonies.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thought: Lamentations 3:40, Ezekiel 18:28, Ezekiel 18:30, Haggai 1:5, Haggai 1:7, Luke 15:17-20, 2 Corinthians 13:5
turned: Deuteronomy 4:30, Deuteronomy 4:31, Jeremiah 8:4-6, Jeremiah 31:18, Jeremiah 31:19, Ezekiel 33:14-16, Ezekiel 33:19, Joel 2:13, 2 Corinthians 12:21
Reciprocal: Ezra 10:3 - of those that Job 22:3 - thou makest Psalms 119:101 - refrained Proverbs 4:26 - Ponder Proverbs 5:6 - ponder Proverbs 21:29 - he directeth Ezekiel 16:61 - remember Ezekiel 18:14 - considereth Mark 14:72 - Peter Luke 19:6 - he John 11:29 - General Acts 10:8 - he sent
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I thought on my ways,.... What they were, whether right or wrong; whither they led, what would be the consequences of walking in them: the Septuagint and Arabic versions read, "thy ways"; no doubt the psalmist thought of both; of his own ways, in which he had walked; and of God's ways, which he directed him to walk in: and, considering the superior pleasure and profit of the latter, he preferred them to the former. The Targum is, "I thought to mend my ways", or "make [them] good". Hence he took the following step:
and turned my feet unto thy testimonies; betook himself to the word of God, which testifies of his will, and directs to those ways he would have his people to walk in; and he steered his course of life and actions thereby; he turned from his own ways into the ways of God; under the influence of divine grace, he turned, being turned.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I thought on my ways - This language most naturally refers to the time of conversion, and may be employed without impropriety to describe the process of a sinner’s turning to God. It would seem to be descriptive of the experience of the author of the psalm when he became personally interested in the subject of religion. The first step in such a work is reflection on the course of life which has been led; on the guilt of such a course; and on the consequences. It is a pause in the career of sin and folly - a pause for reflection and thought. Compare Luke 15:17-18. No one is converted without such reflection; and as soon as a sinner can be made to pause and reflect on his course, there is hope that he will be converted. Assuredly it is proper for all, whatever may be their circumstances in life, to pause from time to time; to reflect; to ask what will be the consequences of the course of life which is pursued.
And turned my feet - Changed my course of life. He himself did this in fact; and he does not hesitate to say that it was he who thus turned. His own agency was employed. He does not say that he “waited” for God to turn him; or that he found he could not turn of himself, but that he turned; he paused; he reflected; he changed his course of life. This is true in conversion always. There is an actual turning from sin; an actual turning to God. The sinner turns. He leaves an old path, and treads a new one. He does this as the conscious result of reflection on the course which he was pursuing; and there is nothing in his actual turning, or in his whole future course, which is not the proper result of reflection, or which a proper reflection on the course of life would not lead to and justify. Man himself is always active in conversion. That is, he does something; he changes; he repents; he believes; he turns to God; it is not God that changes, that repents, that believes, that turns; it is the man himself. It is, indeed, by the grace and help of God; but the effect of that grace is not to make him idly wait; it is to rouse him to effort; to lead him to act.
Unto thy testimonies - Thy law, considered as the divine testimony in regard to what is right.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 119:59. FIRST. - I thought on my ways — חשבתי chashabti, I deeply pondered them; I turned them upside down; I viewed my conduct on all sides. The word, as used here, is a metaphor taken from embroidering, where the figure must appear the same on the one side as it does on the other; therefore, the cloth must be turned on each side every time the needle is set in, to see that the stitch be fairly set. Thus narrowly and scrupulously did the psalmist examine his conduct; and the result was, a deep conviction that he had departed from the way of God and truth.
SECONDLY. - And turned my feet unto thy testimonies. — Having made the above discovery, and finding himself under the displeasure of God, he abandoned every evil way, took God's word for his directory, and set out fairly in the way of life and salvation.
