I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Your servant,
For I do not forget Your commandments.

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.

The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.

I will never forget Your precepts,
For by them You have revived me.

“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.

My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”

“I will seek the lost, bring back the scattered, bind up the broken and strengthen the sick; but the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them with judgment.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

“What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?

What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?

For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”

I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.

But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?

for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

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Summary

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

Bible References

Gone astray

All of us like sheep have gone astray,
Each of us has turned to his own way;
But the Lord has caused the iniquity of us all
To fall on Him.
My flock wandered through all the mountains and on every high hill; My flock was scattered over all the surface of the earth, and there was no one to search or seek for them.”’”
but rather go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
But He answered and said, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
“What do you think? If any man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go and search for the one that is straying?
What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture and go after the one which is lost until he finds it?
I have other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will hear My voice; and they will become one flock with one shepherd.
For you were continually straying like sheep, but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.

Seek

“Draw me after you and let us run together!
The king has brought me into his chambers.”
We will rejoice in you and be glad;
We will extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”
“I have surely heard Ephraim grieving,
‘You have chastised me, and I was chastised,
Like an untrained calf;
Bring me back that I may be restored,
For You are the Lord my God.
For the Son of Man has come to seek and to save that which was lost.”
But now that you have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how is it that you turn back again to the weak and worthless elemental things, to which you desire to be enslaved all over again?
for it is God who is at work in you, both to will and to work for His good pleasure.
Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

For i do

The cords of the wicked have encircled me,
But I have not forgotten Your law.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

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