Psalms 119:176
I have strayed like a wandering sheep seek your servant, because I do not forget your commandments.
Open English Bible (US)
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
175Revive me that I may praise you, and let your precepts help me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:61Though the godless have wound their cords round me, I have not forgotten your law.
Hosea 4:6My people are being destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge I reject you from being priest to me. Since you have forgotten the teaching of your God, I also will forget your children.
Matthew 15:24“I was not sent,” replied Jesus, “to anyone except the lost sheep 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 →