Psalms 119:176

“I have gone astray like a lost sheep, etc.] In desert places, as it is the nature of sheep to dof1713. A sheep he was, a sheep of Christ, given him by the Father; known by him, and that knew him; knew his voice, and followed him; a sheep of his hand, and of his pasture; one of the lost sheep of the house of Israel, who had been lost in Adam, though recovered by grace; and had gone astray before conversion, but now returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of souls; and since conversion had gone astray from the Shepherd and fold, from the word and precepts of it, through inadvertence, the prevalence of corruption, the snares of the world, and the temptations of Satan; which he both deprecates and…”

“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 2:25. I am a wanderer. I have lost the path to true happiness. I have strayed away from my God. I see this; I confess it; I desire to return. It is remarkable that this is almost the only confession of sin in the psalm. This psalm, more than any other, abounds in confident statements respecting the life of the author, his attachment to the law of God, the obedience which he rendered to that law, and his love for it - as well as with appeals to God, founded on the fact that he did love that law, and…”

“119:176 God, the Great Shepherd, seeks out his lost sheep (23:1; Luke 15:4-6).”

“gone astray: Isa 53:6; Eze 34:6, Eze 34:16; Mat 10:6, Mat 15:24, Mat 18:12, Mat 18:13; Luk 15:4-7; Joh 10:16; Pe1 2:25 seek: Sol 1:4; Jer 31:18; Luk 19:10; Gal 4:9; Phi 2:13; Jam 1:17 for I do: Psa 119:61, Psa 119:93; Hos 4:6 Next: Psalms Chapter 120”