King James Version

Psalms 119:176

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

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תָּעִ֗יתִיtaitideceiveתָּעָהverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “deceive”, a completed actionH8582to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both(cause to) go astray, deceive, dissemble, (cause to, make to) err, pant, seduce, (make to) stagger, (cause to) wander, be out of the way.כְּשֶׂ֣הkesehas goatשֶׂהpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “as goat”, the ordinary formH7716a member of a flock, i.e. a sheep or goat(lesser, small) cattle, ewe, goat, lamb, sheep. Compare H2089 (זֶה).אֹ֭בֵדoveddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, participle, absolute — “destroy”, a verb used as a describing wordH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.בַּקֵּ֣שׁbaqeshbeseechבָּקַשׁverb, piel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “beseech”, a commandH1245to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer); by implication, to strive afterask, beg, beseech, desire, enquire, get, make inquisition, procure, (make) request, require, seek (for).עַבְדֶּ֑ךָavdekhaservantעֶבֶדnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “servant”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5650a servant[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.כִּ֥יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…מִ֝צְוֺתֶ֗יךָmitsoteykhalawמִצְוָהnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “law”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4687a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)(which was) commanded(-ment), law, ordinance, precept.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שָׁכָֽחְתִּיshakhachetiforgetשָׁכַחverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “forget”, a completed actionH7911to mislay, i.e. to be oblivious of, from want of memory or attention[idiom] at all, (cause to) forget.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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

Young’s Literal Translation

I wandered as a lost sheep, seek Thy servant, For Thy precepts I have not forgotten!

World English Bible

I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.

Darby Translation

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

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek Thy servant; for I have not forgotten Thy commandments.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐπλανήθην ὡς πρόβατον ἀπολωλὸς, ζήτησον τὸν δοῦλόν σου, ὅτι τὰς ἐντολάς σου οὐκ ἐπελαθόμην.