Psalms 119:176
I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
In Context
175Let me live to praise You; may Your judgments sustain me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:61Though the ropes of the wicked bind me, I do not forget Your law.
Song of Solomon 1:4Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. The Friends We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. The Bride It is only right that they adore you.
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
Ezekiel 34:6My flock went astray on all the mountains and every high hill. They were scattered over the face of all the earth, with no one to search for them or seek them out.’
Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
Matthew 15:24He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:176
175 Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee; and let thy judgments help me. David's heart is still upon praising God; and therefore, 1. He prays that God would give him time to praise him: " Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee, that is, let my life be prolonged, that I may live to thy glory." The reason why a good man desires to live is that he may praise God in the land of the living, and do something to his honour. Not, "Let me live and serve my country, live and provide for my family;" but, "Let me… Read the whole commentary →