What does Psalms 119:170 Mean?

Context Summary

What a noble conclusion we reach in these closing stanzas! I rejoice at thy word; thy law do I love; seven times a day do I praise thee; let my lips utter praise; let my tongue sing; let my soul live and it shall praise thee. There are many beautiful things in the world around us. We eat and drink and sleep; we read and meditate; we walk in the pleasant fields of nature. We have our homes, our loved ones, the respect and good-will of many. But, above all, we have God, and His Word, our eternal hope, and blessed foretastes of the heaven that is to be. Surely we should be less peevish and morose! We should rejoice in every good thing that the Lord our God gives us. We should take the cup brimming with salvation and praise His holy Name. "He that hath so many causes of joy must be very much in love with sorrow, who chooses to turn aside and sit upon his little handful of thorns." And is not this the most wonderful of all, that though we were going astray like lost sheep, the Great Shepherd Himself came to seek and to save? Te Deum Laudamus! [source]

Chapter Summary: Psalms 119

¹  This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience
²  Aleph
⁹  Beth
¹⁷  Gimel
²⁵  Daleth
³³  He
⁴¹  Waw
⁴⁹  Zayin
⁵⁷  Heth
⁶⁵  Teth
⁷³  Yodh
⁸¹  Kaph
⁸⁹  Lamedh
⁹⁷  Mem
¹⁰⁵  Nun
¹¹³  Samekh
¹²¹  Ayin
¹²⁹  Pe
¹³⁷  Tsadhe
¹⁴⁵  Qoph
¹⁵³  Resh
¹⁶¹  Sin and Shin
¹⁶⁹  Taw