Tehillim 119:15
בְּפִקּוּדֶיךָ אָשִׂיחָה וְאַבִּיטָה אֹרְחֹתֶיךָ
befikudeicha asicha veabita orchoteicha
I will meditate in Your precepts, and look at Your paths.
Here, "precepts" are the conceptions derived from the Torah. "I will meditate in Your precepts, and look at Your paths" of conduct. Then I will endeavor to walk in your ways. Even as G-d is merciful, I will endeavor to be merciful (cf. Shemot 33:19, 34:6).
A related reading of asicha is "I will speak," and the corresponding interpretation says: When I speak the precepts of the Torah, I "look at" them with the eye of the intellect in order truly to know them. I shall not be as one who prattles with his mouth and his heart is not with him (cf. Mishlei 23:7).
The Midrash expounds: "I will meditate in Your precepts." It is possible to be instructed by the Torah in worldly matters as well. For instance, from Noach's ark we can infer the (balanced) dimensions of a ship (Bereishit 6).
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-MeAm Lo'ez
