Psalms 119:176
What meaning of the psalms 119:176 in the Bible?
What does Psalms 119:176 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments."
What does Psalms 119:176 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments."
Verse 176. _I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP_] A sheep, when it has once lost the flock, strays in such a manner as to render the prospect of its own return utterly hopeless. I have seen them blea...
I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP - A sheep that has wandered away from its fold, and is without a protector. Compare Isaiah 53:6; Matthew 10:6; Matthew 15:24; Matthew 18:12; Luke 15:6; 1 Peter 2:2...
Psalms 119 The Law Written on Their Hearts and the Praise of the Word This is the longest and most perfect Psalm in the whole collection. It is an alphabetical acrostic. It is composed of 22 section...
CXIX. PRAISE OF THE LAW. This is the longest and most artificial Ps. in the whole collection. It is divided into twenty-two strophes, each beginning with one of the twenty-two letters of the Heb. alph...
LOST. perishing. Compare Matthew 18:11; Luke 19:10....
I HAVE GONE ASTRAY, &C.— _"I have wandered like a sheep which is lost,_ driven from place to place during these tedious persecutions;" _seek thy servant;_ that is, "Be thou pleased, like a careful she...
PSALMS 119 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Jehovah's Will in Relation to Human Character and Conduct, celebrated in Twenty-two Alphabetical Stanzas, and by the aid of Eight Comprehensive Synonyms. ANALYSIS (The...
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP: SEEK THY SERVANT; FOR I DO NOT FORGET THY COMMANDMENTS - Though I...
The longest Ps. and the best example of an alphabetical Ps. There are in it twenty-two stanzas; each of the 8 vv. of each stanza commences with the same Hebrew letter. The subject is practically the s...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ THE WORD OF GOD PSALMS 119 JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15). THE STORY OF PSALMS 119 Solomon was king of Israel nearly 1000 years Be...
I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP. — It would be in accordance with a true religious character that even at the end of a long protestation of obedience to the Divine law the psalmist should confess...
תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּ שֶׂ֣ה אֹ֭בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י מִ֝צְוֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי׃...
Psalms 119:1 IT is lost labour to seek for close continuity or progress in this psalm. One thought pervades it-the surpassing excellence of the Law; and the beauty and power of the psalm lie in the un...
Any dealing with this psalm must necessarily be general and not particular. It has been called the psalm of the Law, not inaccurately; but the term, "The Law," should be understood in its widest signi...
I have (e) gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. (e) Being chased to and fro by my enemies, and having no place to rest in....
PSALM CXIX. (AD DOMINUM.) A prayer in tribulation....
TAU. There is but little variation in this portion from the former. Jesus taught his disciples, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, Luke 18:1; and here he sets the example. I do not think...
176._I have wandered like a lost sheep. _He is not to be understood as here confessing his sins, — an opinion erroneously held by many, — as if he had been drawn into the trails of Satan; for this is...
Psalms 119 is in general the law written in the heart. This gives it an important place in the series of psalms. It is found distinctly connected too with Israel's sorrows in the last days and their p...
I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP,.... In desert places, as it is the nature of sheep to do o. A sheep he was, a sheep of Christ, given him by the Father; known by him, and that knew him; knew his...
I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments. Ver. 176. _I have gone astray, &c._] And of myself shall never return. _ Seek thy servant_] Do all the o...
_I have gone astray like a lost sheep_ I have too often swerved from the path of thy precepts, through my own infirmity, or the power of temptation. _Seek thy servant_ As the shepherd doth his wanderi...
_ Tau._ Concluding Appeal....
89-96 The settling of God's word in heaven, is opposed to the changes and revolutions of the earth. And the engagements of God's covenant are established more firmly than the earth itself. All the cr...
I HAVE GONE ASTRAY LIKE A LOST SHEEP: this is meant either, 1. Of sinful errors. I have too often swerved from the path of thy precepts through mine own infirmity, or the power of temptation. Or, 2....
Psalms 119:176 astray H8582 (H8804) lost H6 (H8802) sheep H7716 Seek H1245 (H8761) servant H5650 forget H7911 (H8804) commandments H4687 gone astray - Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:6, Ezekiel 34:16;...
Psalms 119:176 I. Like all true prayer, the text begins with confession. It describes our condition as it is in God's sight; it penetrates to the heart, and shows us whence it is that sin flows, what...
CONTENTS: The excellency and usefulness of the divine revelation set forth and exhortation to all to make it their meditation and to be governed by it. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Great b...
That David was the author of this psalm, no one ever doubted. It is divided into twenty two octo-distichs, having a letter of the Hebrew alphabet at the head of each distich; and the couplets are most...
_Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord: give me understanding according to Thy Word._ A MODEL PRAYER I. The earnestness it breathes. “Let my cry come near before Thee, O Lord.” This prayer is not...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 119:1. This psalm celebrates the gift of God’s law as the perfect guide for life. Its theme is echoed in Psalms 19:1 and in such wisdom psalms as 1 and 112. It is the longes...
INTRODUCTION 1. Date and authorship. Some ascribe the authorship to “David, before his accession to the kingdom, in exile and peril (Psalms 119:9; Psalms 119:23; Psalms 119:46; Psalms 119:141; Psalms...
EXPOSITION This is an "alphabetic psalm" of a more stringent character than any other. It consists of twenty-two stanzas, each of eight verses, every verse in each stanza beginning with its own prope...
Now as we get to Psalms 119:1-176, it is an extremely difficult psalm for exposition, because each section seems to be more or less independent of in itself, and each verse, many times, almost indepen...
1 Peter 2:25; Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:6; Galatians 4:9; Hosea 4:6; Isaiah 53:6; James 1:17; Jeremiah 31:18; John 10:16; Luke 15:4;...