Psalms 119:67

“Before I was afflicted, I went astray, etc.] From God; from his word, his ways and worship; like a lost sheep from the shepherd, the fold, the flock, and the footsteps of it; (see <19B9176>Psalm 119:176); Not that he wilfully, wickedly, maliciously, and through contempt, departed from his God; this he denies, (<191821>Psalm 18:21); but through the weakness of the flesh, the prevalence of corruption, and force of temptation, and very much through a careless, heedless, and negligent frame of spirit, he got out of the right way, and wandered from it before he was well aware. The word is used of erring through ignorance, (<030518>Leviticus 5:18); this was in a time of prosperity, when, though he…”

“Before I was afflicted - The Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate, “Before I was humbled.” The Hebrew word has the general sense of being afflicted, and may refer to any kind of trial. I went astray - The Hebrew word means to wander; to err; to do wrong; to transgress. Numbers 15:28; Job 12:16. It here means that he forgot his duty; that he fell into sin; that he departed from what was right; that he embraced erroneous views; that he lived in the neglect of his soul, the neglect of duty, and the neglect of God. Prosperity had not led him to fulfill duty; to seek salvation; to trust in God. This was, in his case, as it is in thousands of others, the experience of his life. Hence, affliction often…”

“Before: Psa 119:176, 73:5-28; Deu 32:15; Sa2 10:19, 11:2-27; Ch2 33:9-13; Pro 1:32; Jer 22:21 but now: Psa 119:71, Psa 119:75; Jer 31:18, Jer 31:19; Hos 2:6, Hos 2:7, Hos 5:15, Hos 6:1; Heb 12:10, Heb 12:11; Rev 3:10 Psalms 119:68”