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I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don`t forget your commandments.
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A Devotee's Confession
Most commentators see this verse as a humble confession. After 175 verses celebrating obedience, the psalmist acknowledges his tendency to wander from God like a lost sheep. This shows that even the most faithful believer is still a sinner who needs the Divine Shepherd to seek, find, and restore them. As Matthew Henry puts it, it's a prayer of total dependence: "Turn me, and I shall be turned."
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
I have gone astray like a lost sheep. —It would be in accordance with a true religious character that even at the end of …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I have gone astray like a lost sheep In desert places, as it is the nature of sheep to do F15 . A sheep h…
The psalmist desired grace and strength to lift up his prayers, and that the Lord would receive and notice them. He desired to know more of God in …