Psalms 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
astray	תָּעִ֗יתִי ta.'I.ti	H8582	to vacillate · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
lost	אֹ֭בֵד 'O.ved	H6	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
sheep	כְּשֶׂ֣ה ke.Seh	H7716	a member of a flock · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
seek	בַּקֵּ֣שׁ ba.Kesh	H1245	to search out (by any method · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
servant	עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ 'av.De.kha	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
forget	שָׁכָֽחְתִּי sha.Kha.che.ti	H7911	to mislay · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
commandments	מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ mitz.vo.Tei.kha	H4687	a command · noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Luke 19:10 For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.
Isaiah 53:6 All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 15:4-7 What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that wh…
John 10:16 And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and o…
Matthew 15:24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
1 Peter 2:25 For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
Psalms 119:93 I will never forget thy precepts: for with them thou hast quickened me.
Ezekiel 34:6 My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my flock was scattered upon all the face of the earth, and none…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:176–end

Here is, 1. A penitent confession: I have gone astray, or wander up and down, like a lost sheep. As unconverted sinners are like lost sheep (Luk 15:4), so weak unsteady saints are like lost sheep, Mat 18:12, Mat 18:13. We are apt to wander like sheep, and very unapt, when we have gone astray, to find the way again. By going astray we lose the comfort of the green pastures and expose ourselves to a thousand mischiefs. 2. A believing petition: Seek thy servant, as the good shepherd seeks a wandering sheep to bring it back again, Eze 34:12. "Lord, seek me, as I used to seek my sheep when they went astray;" for David had been himself a tender shepherd. "Lord, own me for one of thine; for, though…

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John Gill on Psalms 119:176

I have gone astray like a lost sheep,.... In desert places, as it is the nature of sheep to do (o). A sheep he was, a sheep of Christ, given him by the Father; known by him, and that knew him; knew his voice, and followed him; a sheep of his hand, and of his pasture; one of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, who had been lost in Adam, though recovered by grace; and had gone astray before conversion, but now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of souls; and since conversion had gone astray from the Shepherd and fold, from the word and precepts of it, through inadvertence, the prevalence of corruption, the snares of the world, and the temptations of Satan; which he both deprecates and owns…

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John Calvin on Psalms 119:169–end

Psalm 119:169-174 169. t Let my cry come near b, to thy presence, O Jehovah! Give me understanding according to thy word. 170. t Let my prayer come into thy presence: deliver me according to thy word. 171. t My lips shall speak praise, when thou shalt have taught me thy statutes. 172. t My tongue shall speak of thy word; for all thy commandments are righteousness. 173. t Let thy hand be to succor me; for I have chosen thy commandments. 174. t I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah and thy law has been my delight. 175. t Let my soul live, and let it praise thee; and let thy judgments succor me. 176. t I have wandered like a lost sheep: seek thy servant, for I have not forgotten thy statu…

The Church Fathers

At last he opens himself completely, and shows what person was speaking throughout the whole Psalm. "I have gone astray," he says, "like a sheep that is lost: O seek Your servant, for I do not forget Your commandments" [Psalm 119:176]. Let the lost sheep be sought, let the lost sheep be quickened, for whose sake its Shepherd left the ninety and nine in the wilderness, [Matthew 18:12-13] and while seeking it, was torn by Jewish thorns. But it is still being sought, let it still be sought, partly found let it still be sought. For as to that company, among whom the Psalmist says, "I do not forget Your commandments," it has been found; but through those who choose the commandments of God, gather them together, love them, it is still sought, and by means of the blood of its Shepherd shed and sprinkled abroad, it is found in all nations.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 119

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Dictionary and topics

Cattle — Abounded in the Holy Land. To the rearing and management of them the inhabitants chiefly devoted themselves (Deut. 8:13; 12:21; 1 Sam. 11:5; 12:3; Ps. 144:14; Jer. 3:24). They may be classified as,…
Poetry — Has been well defined as “the measured language of emotion.” Hebrew poetry deals almost exclusively with the great question of man’s relation to God. “Guilt, condemnation, punishment, pardon,…
Forgetting God · Law — Law
Sheep · Illustrative: (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God — Illustrative: (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 119:176

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:176–end

John Gill on Psalms 119:176

John Calvin on Psalms 119:169–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 119:176

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:176–end

John Gill on Psalms 119:176

John Calvin on Psalms 119:169–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 119:169–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 119:176