Let us start with show casing verse 165 “Great peace have they which love thy law and nothing shall offend them”. It would seem then that David would be in constant tranquility. I found in the following verses “I” statements, such as I forget not thy precepts, I love thy word, I hope in thy word. 

131,134,141,145,147,148,153,157,159,162,166,167,168,173,174,176 Perhaps you can find more.

 In a host of other verses we can identify praise or adoration for God and his statutes. 

If we tie all this interaction with and praise for Gods laws, statutes, judgments… to verse 165, it would seem that we would experience very little unrest in our lives. Yet in this same piece of scripture we read of David’s laments, grief, or oppressions. 

134,139,141,143,150,154,155,157,158,161,163

In 4 verses he mentions crying 136,145,146,147 twice in 132 and 156 he asks for mercy and in 149,154, 156, and 159 he asks to be quickened or revived. Ultimately in the last verse of this iconic psalm David declares I have gone astray like a lost sheep and pleads for his savior to seek for him. So it seems that in this human experience that we call life we are forced to confront the battle between our soul and carnal nature. We come face to face with verses like Eccl. 7:20 “For there is not a just man upon earth that doeth good and sinneth not” and Romans 3:23 “for all have sinned and come short of the Glory of God”. But at the same time we cling to and put all our faith in scriptures like John 10:9 “I am the door, by me if any man enter in he shall be saved” and Romans 8:37 “Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us” 

It is no wonder that David found great peace in loving the word of God. 

God’s blessings on your day!