32 Insights about Yahweh from 10 Verses in Psalm 119

Law (torah) appears 10 times in the latter portion of Psalm 119 (verses 105 to 176) — here are 32 theological implications about Yahweh from those verses. As I tease out these theological implications, I will employ my preferred translation of torah (tôrâ) as "code of conduct":

Psalm 119.109 I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law.
1. Yahweh has a code of conduct — he is not a god without a code of conduct.
2. Yahweh has revealed his code of conduct to us — he is not a god who has hidden his expectations from us.
3. Yahweh wants us to know his code of conduct — he doesn’t want us to be ignorant about it.
4. Yahweh can allow us to forget his code of conduct — it is something which we can forget.
5. Yahweh does not want us to forget his code of conduct — Yahweh wants us to remember it.

Psalm 119.113 I hate the double-minded, but I love your law.
6. Yahweh’s code of conduct is not like double-minded people which means Yahweh is not like double-minded people.
7. Yahweh does not want us to have mere interest in his code of conduct — he wants us to have whole-hearted love for it.
8. Yahweh wants us to love his code of conduct — it is possible for us to love lesser things.
9. Yahweh is not threatened by our loving his code of conduct — it is not idolatry to love his code of conduct, but it is consistent with loving him.

Psalm 119.126 It is time for Yahweh to act, for your law has been broken.
10. Yahweh can allow us to break/abolish/do away with/disregard his code of conduct — we do not automatically obey/heed his code of conduct.
11. Yahweh wants his people to recognize when his code of conduct has been disregarded — because it shows that people are disregarding Yahweh.
12. Yahweh wants his people to call on him when his code of conduct has been disregarded.
13. Yahweh can act in response when people disregard his code of conduct.

Psalm 119.136 My eyes shed streams of tears, because people do not keep your law.
14. Yahweh wants us to keep his code of conduct.
15. Yahweh wants us to be sorrowful when his code of conduct is not kept — because when his code of conduct is not kept, it shows that people are not following Yahweh.

Psalm 119.142 Your righteousness is righteous forever, and your law is true.
16. Yahweh’s code of conduct is true which reflects that Yahweh is true.
17. Yahweh wants us to compare his code of conduct to his eternal righteousness.

Psalm 119.150 They draw near who persecute me with evil purpose; they are far from your law.
18. Yahweh wants us to be near his code of conduct — he doesn’t want there to be any distance between us and his ways.
19. Yahweh can allow us to be far from his code of conduct.
20. Yahweh can allow those who are far from his code of conduct to persecute those who are close to his ways.
21. Yahweh does not want us to persecute people with evil purpose because that does not reflect being people close to his code of conduct.

Psalm 119.153 Look on my affliction and deliver me, for I do not forget your law.
22. Yahweh can allow those who remember his code of conduct to suffer affliction and oppression.
23. Yahweh wants those who remember his code of conduct to come to him when they are afflicted and oppressed.
24. Yahweh can pay attention to and can deliver those who remember his code of conduct.

Psalm 119.163 I hate and abhor falsehood, but I love your law.
25. Yahweh has put nothing false in his code of conduct.
26. Yahweh, the creator of his code of conduct, is not characterized by falsehood.
27. Yahweh wants the people who love his code of conduct to hate what is false.

Psalm 119.165 Great peace have those who love your law; nothing can make them stumble.
28. Yahweh grants abundant shalom to the lovers of his code of conduct — so if we are not experiencing great peace, we must examine ourselves to see if we are loving Yahweh’s code of conduct.
29. Yahweh does not make the lovers of his code of conduct stumble.

Psalm 119.174 I long for your salvation, Yahweh, and your law is my delight.
30. Yahweh has designed his code of conduct to be an object of our delight.
31. Yahweh wants us to delight in his code of conduct.
32. Yahweh sees delighting in his code of conduct as consistent with longing for his salvation — there is no contradiction between our treasuring his law and treasuring salvation.