It is quite instructive to see that this series of Psalms begins just after the 119th, which, as we know, is the longest and is occupied in the setting forth of the Word of God. There are evidences in this long Psalm that the Word had been let slip, and it had lost its influence on the soul.
“I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto Thy testimonies” (Psa. 119:59).
“Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept Thy word” (Psa. 119:67).
“It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn Thy statutes” (Psa. 119:71).
Then the last verse: “I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek Thy servant; for I do not forget Thy commandments” (Psa. 119:176).
Some have thought that the Spirit of God used Ezra to group these Psalms as suitable to their state in journeying from Babylon to Jerusalem, and thus are prophetical of the remnant in the latter days.
“Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to Thy word.” Psalm 119:9.