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176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Psalms 119:176 —

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Cross-References

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  • Luke 19:10

    For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost.

  • Isaiah 53:6

    All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the LORD hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.

  • Luke 15:4-7

    What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose 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 10:16

    And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.

  • Matthew 15:24

    But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 176)

Here is, 1. A penitent confession: I have gone astray , or wander up and down, like a lost sheep . As unconverted sinners are like lost sheep (Luke 15:4), so weak unsteady saints are like lost sheep, Matt. 18:12 , 13 . We are apt to wander like sheep, and very unapt, when we have gone astray, to find the way again. By going astray we lose the comfort of the green pastures and expose ourselves to a…

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