American Standard Version
Psalms 119:176
176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;For I do not forget thy commandments.
Psalms 119:176 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- New International Version (NIV)I have strayed like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I have not forgotten your commands.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek Your servant, For I do not forget Your commandments.
Context of Psalms 119:176
174I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight. 175Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; And let thine ordinances help me. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
Read all of Psalms 119Psalms 119:176 word by word
תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּשֶׂ֣ה אֹ֭בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 119:176
- Isaiah 53:6All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and Jehovah hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
- Ezekiel 34:6My sheep wandered through all the mountains, and upon every high hill: yea, my sheep were scattered upon all the face of the earth; and there was none that did search or seek after them.
- Matthew 10:6but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I was not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 18:12How think ye? if any man have a hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and go unto the mountains, and seek that which goeth astray?
- Luke 15:4What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it?
- John 10:16And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and they shall become one flock, one shepherd.
- 1 Peter 2:25For ye were going astray like sheep; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.
- Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a calf unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
- Luke 19:10For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
- Galatians 4:9but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
- Philippians 2:13for it is God who worketh in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
- James 1:17Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
- Psalms 119:61The cords of the wicked have wrapped me round; ButI have not forgotten thy law.
- Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:176
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep - A sheep that has wandered away from its fold, and is without a protector. Compare Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:6; 1 Peter 2:25. I am a wanderer. I have lost the path to true happiness. I have strayed away from my God. I see this; I confess it; I desire to return. It is remarkable that this is almost the only confession of sin in the psalm. This psalm, more than any other, abounds…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 169-176Verses 169-176 The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in Christ; to know more of the doctrines of the word, and the duties of religion. He had a deep sense of unworthiness, and holy fear that his prayer should not come before God; Lord, what I pray for is, what thou hast promised. We have learned nothing to purpose, if we have not learned to praise…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 176God, the Great Shepherd, seeks out his lost sheep (Psalm 23:1; Luke 15:4–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 176176. Though a wanderer from God, the truly pious ever desires to be drawn back to Him; and, though for a time negligent of duty, he never forgets the commandments by which it is taught. lost--therefore utterly helpless as to recovering itself (Jr 50:6; Lu 15:4). Not only the sinner before conversion, but the believer after conversion, is unable to recover himself; but the latter, after temporary wandering, knows to whom to look for restoration. Psa…Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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