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 Ps 119:176; Not that he wilfully, wickedly, maliciously, and through contempt, departed from his God; this he denies, Ps 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 119:67
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