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Psalms 119:59

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

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חִשַּׁ֥בְתִּיchishavtiregardחָשַׁבverb, piel, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “regard”, a completed actionH2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a malicious sense); hence (from the mental effort) to think, regard, value, compute(make) account (of), conceive, consider, count, cunning (man, work, workman), devise, esteem, find out, forecast, hold, imagine, impute, invent, be like, mean, purpose, reckon(-ing be made), regard, think.דְרָכָ֑יderakhayalongדֶּרֶךְnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “along”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).וָאָשִׁ֥יבָהvaashivahand againשׁוּבconjunction, verb, hiphil, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, paragogic he — “and again”, the next action in the storyH7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again,…רַ֝גְלַ֗יraglayfootרֶגֶלnoun, common, feminine, dual, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “foot”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda[idiom] be able to endure, [idiom] according as, [idiom] after, [idiom] coming, [idiom] follow, (broken-)foot(-ed, -stool), [idiom] great toe, [idiom] haunt, [idiom] journey, leg, [phrase] piss, [phrase] possession, time.אֶלelamongאֵלpreposition — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).עֵדֹתֶֽיךָedoteykhatestimonyעֵדָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “testimony”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5713testimonytestimony, witness. Compare H5712 (עֵדָה).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

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

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I considered my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Διελογισάμην τὰς ὁδούς σου, καὶ ἐπέστρεψα τοὺς πόδας μου εἰς τὰ μαρτύριά σου.