It wouldn't strain credulity either to say that psalm 119 uses 61% of the words of psalm 19 (61 shared stems multiply used from the 126 words of psalm 19).
Words in psalm 119 (1064) in the order of word usage in psalm 1 (67) - showing parts 1 and 2 only
| Word and gloss * first usage | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Vs | Stem | 
| אשׁרי  all joy for | ░ | 1 | אשׁר | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| דרך the way | ░ | 1 | דרך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ההלכים who walk | ░ | 1 | הלך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| בתורת  in the teaching of | ░ | 1 | תורה | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| אשׁרי  all joy for | ░ | 2 | אשׁר | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| עדתיו  his testimonies | ░ | 2 | עדה | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| בכל  with a whole | ░ | 2 | כל | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| לא  not | ░ | 3 | לא | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| בדרכיו  in his ways | ░ | 3 | דרך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| הלכו  they walk | ░ | 3 | הלך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| דרכי  my ways | ░ | 5 | דרך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| לא  not | ░ | 6 | לא | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| כל  all  | ░ | 6 | כל | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| משׁפטי  the judgments of | ░ | 7 | שׁפט | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| בכל  by all | ░ | 10 | כל | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| לא  not | ░ | 11 | לא | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| אחטא  I may sin | ░ | 11 | חטא | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| כל  all  | ░ | 13 | כל | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| משׁפטי  the judgments of | ░ | 13 | שׁפט | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| בדרך by the way of | ░ | 14 | דרך | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| עדותיך your testimonies | ░ | 14 | עדה | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| כל  all  | ░ | 14 | כל | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| לא  nor | ░ | 16 | לא | 
I dared to look at glosses around joy, rejoicing, shouting, (again), and soul, life etc yesterday. I changed another 100 psalms a word here and a word there. There must be a time when I will think about the wholes within the whole... What does this collection of poetry signify as a datum of history?
One unique word I eventually rendered as revel - it occurs only in psalms 94 and 119. Your commandments testimonies etc are my revel. (Not chocolate) or I revel in them.
| וְתוֹרָתְךָ שַׁעֲשֻׁעָי | 
 
 
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