Psalms 119:67
Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I keep Your word.
BSB
ASV
Before I was afflicted I went astray; But now I observe thy word.
KJV
Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.
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Before I was afflicted, I went astray,.... 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 Psa 119:176; Not that he wilfully, wickedly, maliciously, and through contempt, departed from his God; this he denies, Psa 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.
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Psalms 119:71It was good for me to be afflicted, that I might learn Your statutes.
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Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
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But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
Blessed is the man You discipline, O LORD, and teach from Your law,
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Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.
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For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”
We all like sheep have gone astray, each one has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid upon Him the iniquity of us all.
“What man among you, if he has a hundred sheep and loses one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the pasture and go after the one that is lost, until he finds…
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Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
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Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
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Hosea 5:15Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
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O LORD, they sought You in their distress; when You disciplined them, they poured out a quiet prayer.
