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Psalms 119:176 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 119:176Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 119:1769 words
HebrewMeaning
תָּעִ֗יתִיtāʿiytiy
I have gone astrayverbH8582
deceive · dissemble · (cause to · make to) err ···
כְּ/שֶׂ֣הkəśeh
like a sheeppronH7716
small) cattle · ewe · goat · lamb ···
אֹ֭בֵדʾōbēd
lostverbH6
destroy · not escape · fail · lose ···
בַּקֵּ֣שׁbaqēš
seekverbH1245
beg · beseech · desire · enquire ···
עַבְדֶּ֑/ךָʿabədekā
servant yournounH5650
bondage · servant · servant
כִּ֥יkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗י/ךָmiṣəwōteykā
commandments yournounH4687
law · ordinance · precept
לֹ֣אlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
שָׁכָֽחְתִּיšākāḥətiy
I have forgottenverbH7911
at all
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 119:176

1. From its commencement, dearly beloved, does this great Psalm exhort us unto bliss, which there is no one who desires not....And therefore this is the lesson which he teaches, who says, “Blessed are those that are undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord” Psalm 118:1. As much as to say, I know what you wish, you are seeking bliss: if then you would be blessed, be undefiled. For the former all desire, the latter fear: yet without it what all wish cannot be…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 119 (Aleph)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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