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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 ble...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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LOST. perishing. Compare Matthew 18:11; Luke 19:10....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LIKE A LOST SHEEP] probably refers to the Jews scattered in exile. The
last clause of the v. precludes the idea of straying into sin....
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Psalms 107:150
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE WORD OF GOD
PSALMS 119
JESUS SAID, "IF YOU LOVE ME YOU WILL OBEY ME" (JOHN 14:15)....
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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...
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תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּ שֶׂ֣ה אֹ֭בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ
עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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PSALM CXIX. (AD DOMINUM.)
A prayer in tribulation....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_ Tau._ Concluding Appeal....
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I have gone astray like a lost sheep, apparently all forsaken in the
midst of a host of enemies; SEEK THY SERVANT, to bring him back to
rest and shelter; FOR I DO NOT FORGET THY COMMANDMENTS. On the s...
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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...
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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....
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Psalms 119:176 astray H8582 (H8804) lost H6 (H8802) sheep H7716 Seek
H1245 (H8761) servant H5650 forget...
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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, whate...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I do not
forget Thy commandments._
THE CHRISTIAN, CONSCIOUS OF DEPARTURE FROM GOD
We have in this verse the description of a believer--no...
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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;...
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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 proper...
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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...
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1 Peter 2:25; Ezekiel 34:16; Ezekiel 34:6; Galatians 4:9; Hosea 4:6;...