Psalms 119:176
I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!
Young's Literal Translation
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
175My soul liveth, and it doth praise Thee, And Thy judgments do help me.
Cross References
Psalms 119:61Cords of the wicked have surrounded me, Thy law I have not forgotten.
Song of Solomon 1:4Draw me: after thee we run, The king hath brought me into his inner chambers, We do joy and rejoice in thee, We mention thy loves more than wine, Uprightly they have loved thee!
Jeremiah 31:18I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself, 'Thou hast chastised me, And I am chastised, as a heifer not taught, Turn me back, and I turn back, For thou [art] Jehovah my God.
Ezekiel 34:6Go astray do My flock on all the mountains, And on every high hill, And on all the face of the land have My flock been scattered, And there is none inquiring, and none seeking.
Hosea 4:6Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
Matthew 15:24and he answering said, 'I was not sent except 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 →