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Psalm 119:169–176

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119:169Listen to my cry for help,207 O Lord!

Give me insight by your word!

119:170Listen to my appeal for mercy!208

Deliver me, as you promised.209

119:171May praise flow freely from my lips,

for you teach me your statutes.

119:172May my tongue sing about your instructions,210

for all your commands are just.

119:173May your hand help me,

for I choose to obey211 your precepts.

119:174I long for your deliverance, O Lord;

I find delight in your law.

119:175May I212 live and praise you!

May your regulations help me!213

119:176I have wandered off like a lost sheep.214

Come looking for your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

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Psalm 119:176: I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant, for I do not forget your commandments.

Footnotes

  1. 207 Heb “may my cry approach before you.”
  2. 208 Heb “may my appeal for mercy come before you.”
  3. 209 Heb “according to your speech.”
  4. 210 Heb “your word.”
  5. 211 The words “to obey” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarity.
  6. 212 Heb “my life.”
  7. 213 God’s regulations will “help” the psalmist by giving him moral and ethical guidance.
  8. 214 Heb “I stray like a lost sheep.” It is possible that the point of the metaphor is vulnerability: The psalmist, who is threatened by his enemies, feels as vulnerable as a straying, lost sheep. This would not suggest, however, that he has wandered from God’s path (see the second half of the verse, as well as v. 110).

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Let my cry come before you, O Lord;

give me understanding according to your word!

Let my plea come before you;

deliver me according to your word.

My lips will pour forth praise,

for you teach me your statutes.

My tongue will sing of your word,

for all your commandments are right.

Let your hand be ready to help me,

for I have chosen your precepts.

I long for your salvation, O Lord,

and your law is my delight.

Let my soul live and praise you,

and let your rules help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek your servant,

for I do not forget your commandments.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

May my cry come before you, Lord;

give me understanding according to your word.

May my supplication come before you;

deliver me according to your promise.

May my lips overflow with praise,

for you teach me your decrees.

May my tongue sing of your word,

for all your commands are righteous.

May your hand be ready to help me,

for I have chosen your precepts.

I long for your salvation, Lord,

and your law gives me delight.

Let me live that I may praise you,

and may your laws sustain me.

I have strayed like a lost sheep.

Seek your servant,

for I have not forgotten your commands.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Let my cry reach you, Lord;

give me understanding according to your word.

Let my plea reach you;

rescue me according to your promise.

My lips pour out praise,

for you teach me your statutes.

My tongue sings about your promise,

for all your commands are righteous.

May your hand be ready to help me,

for I have chosen your precepts.

I long for your salvation, Lord,

and your instruction is my delight.

Let me live, and I will praise you;

may your judgments help me.

I wander like a lost sheep;

seek your servant,

for I do not forget your commands.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

O Lord, listen to my cry;

give me the discerning mind you promised.

Listen to my prayer;

rescue me as you promised.

Let praise flow from my lips,

for you have taught me your decrees.

Let my tongue sing about your word,

for all your commands are right.

Give me a helping hand,

for I have chosen to follow your commandments.

O Lord, I have longed for your rescue,

and your instructions are my delight.

Let me live so I can praise you,

and may your regulations help me.

I have wandered away like a lost sheep;

come and find me,

for I have not forgotten your commands.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let my cry come before you, O Yahweh;

give me understanding according to your word.

Let my plea come before you;

Deliver me according to your word.

Let my lips pour out praise,

because you teach me your statutes.

Let my tongue sing of your word,

because all your commands are right.

Let your hand be my help,

because I have chosen your precepts.

I long for your salvation, O Yahweh,

and your law is my delight.

Let my soul live that it may praise you,

and let your ordinances help me.

I have wandered like a lost sheep; seek your servant,

because I do not forget your commands.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

TAU.

Let my cry come near before thee, O Lord:

Give me understanding according to thy word.

Let my supplication come before thee:

Deliver me according to thy word.

My lips shall utter praise,

When thou hast taught me thy statutes.

My tongue shall speak of thy word:

For all thy commandments are righteousness.

Let thine hand help me;

For I have chosen thy precepts.

I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord;

And thy law is my delight.

Let my soul live, and it shall praise thee;

And let thy judgments help me.

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant;

For I do not forget thy commandments.

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