Psalm 119:176

Translations

Modern

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Traditional

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

Literal

I have gone astray, getting lost like a sheep; may You seek Your servant, for Your commandments I have not forgotten.

Latin

Erravi sicut ovis quæ periit: quære servum tuum, quia mandata tua non sum oblitus.

Original

Hebrew

English

I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

Notes

Psalms 119:176

God, the Great Shepherd, seeks out his lost sheep (Psalm 23:1; Luke 15:4–6).

Psalms 119:169–176

Taw (ת) is the twenty-second letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It marks the beginning of the next section of this psalm.

God's servant asks the Lord for help one last time. He still feels like a lost sheep.

Psalms 119:1–176

This psalm blends wisdom, lament, praise, thanksgiving, and confession. It often uses eight Hebrew words translated as:

“Instructions”
“law”
“words”
“commandments”
“statutes”
“judgments”
“promises”
“precepts“

These words encourage love for and obedience to God's instructions in the Scriptures (see 2 Timothy 3:14–17). A deep commitment to these instructions unifies the psalm.

Related verses

Luke 19:10
For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
Isaiah 53:6
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
Luke 15:4–7
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds it?
John 10:16
I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.
1 Peter 2:25
For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
Matthew 15:24
He answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 18:12–13
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep and one of them goes astray, will he not leave the ninety-nine on the hills and go out to search for the one that is lost?
Ezekiel 34:6
My 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.’
Psalm 119:93
I will never forget Your precepts, for by them You have revived me.
Philippians 2:13
For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
Galatians 4:9
But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?
James 1:17
Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, with whom there is no change or shifting shadow.

Glossary

Acrostic Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Music Poetry, Biblical Proverbs, Book of Psalms, Book of Word, Word of God, Words of God

Topics

Forgetting God is Forgetting His: Law Forgetting God: Law Prayer: Confession In Prayer: Pleas offered In Repentance: Exemplified Sheep: (In Proneness to Wander) of Those Who Depart from God Sin: Confession of

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