There are two kinds of people in relation to the law:
1) the letter-keepers, illustrated by the Judaizers and Saul of Tarsus (Phil. 3:6b),
2) the God-seekers, illustrated by the psalmists, especially by the writer of this psalm, and by the apostle Paul (2 Cor. 3:6).
As a lover of God, the psalmist sought God with all his heart, loved God’s name and remembered it (55, vv. 132), sought God’s favor by entreating His countenance (v. 58), asked God to cause His face to shine upon him (v. 135), walked in God’s presence (v. 168), considered God’s law to be His living and loving word breathed out of His mouth (vv. 13, 72, 88; cf. 2 Tim. 3:16), tasted God’s word and found it sweeter than honey to his mouth (v. 103), esteemed God’s word as more precious than fine gold (v. 127), and considered God’s word a lamp to his feet and a light to his path (v. 105).
In this psalm many different verbs are used to express the attitude of the God-seekers toward God’s law as God’s testimony and God’s word: choosing it (vv. 30, 173); believing it (v. 66); lifting up their hands unto it (v. 48a and note Psa. 119:481); loving it (vv. 47, 48, 97, etc.); delighting in it (vv. 16, 24, 35, etc.); tasting it (v. 103); rejoicing in it (vv. 14, 111, 162); singing of it (v. 54; cf. Eph. 5:18-20); regarding it (vv. 6, 117); having a sound heart in it (v. 80); inclining their heart unto it (vv. 36, 112); seeking it (vv. 45, 94), longing for it (vv. 20, 40, 131), and hoping in it with prayer (vv. 43, 74, 114, 147); trusting in it (v. 42); musing on it (vv. 15, 23, 48, 78, 99, 148 see note Psa. 119:151); considering it (v. 95); esteeming it right concerning all things (v. 128a); learning it (vv. 71, 73); treasuring it as much as all riches (v. 14), as great spoil (v. 162), better than gold and silver (vv. 72, 127), and as a heritage forever (v. 111); treasuring it up in their heart (v. 11; cf. Col. 3:16); remembering it and not forgetting it (16, vv. 52, 93); standing in awe of it (120, vv. 161); clinging to it (v. 31); not forsaking it, not swerving from it, not turning aside from it, and not going astray from it (51, vv. 87, 102, 110, 157); turning their feet toward it (v. 59); keeping, observing, and doing it (vv. 33, 69); and walking in it and running the way of it (vv. 1, 32a).