Psalm 119:176

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Summary

Psalm 119:176

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

Gone astray

Seek

For i do

Psalm 119:61

Hosea 4:6

Bible References

Gone astray

We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

But go to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel,

But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

Seek

Take me to you, and we will go after you: the king has taken me into his house. We will be glad and full of joy in you, we will give more thought to your love than to wine: rightly are they your lovers.

Certainly Ephraim's words of grief have come to my ears, You have given me training and I have undergone it like a young cow unused to the yoke: let me be turned and come back, for you are the Lord my God.

For the Son of man came to make search for those who are wandering from the way, and to be their Saviour.

But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?

For it is God who is the cause of your desires and of your acts, for his good pleasure.

Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning.

For i do

The cords of evil-doers are round me; but I have kept in mind your law.

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.