Psalm 119:17-24 The psalmist appeals to The Lord for His blessings.  His requests are specific:
Deal bountifully with me - treat me well, do good to me, reward me, make me fruitful: so I can obey You.
Open my eyes:  so I can see the "wonderful things" in the Word - the things too high, too difficult, too marvelous
Do not hide Your commandments:  I long for Your Truth, I don't want to be arrogant or cursed, I don't want to wander away or bring reproach upon myself.  I want to be faithful no matter what.
 Again the psalmist realizes and does his part - He meditates on the Word, He delights in the Word, and he takes counsel in the Word.  These actions are deliberate.  Because he has meditated, delighted and listened to the counsel of God's Word, he can testify that he has observed the "testimonies" of God.
Hear God's appeal to us. He has given us His Word, the Law, the Prophets, the letters, the Gospels.  We must deliberately meditate, delight in, and obey the counsel of the Word.  But, we can't grasp the Truth of His Word without the help of His Spirit.  Let us pray as the psalmist did:
Lord God, Almighty Father,  deal bountifully with us, so that we can obey You.  Open our eyes to Your Word, so we can grasp the Truths too difficult for our mortal minds.  Don't hide Your truths, but give us hearts to delight and meditate on them, to act in obedience always, to observe Your testimonies. Fill us with Your Spirit, our Counselor, to receive Your Truth and to walk in obedience to it. Every day.  Equip us in every good thing to do Your will, work in us that which is pleasing to You, "through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever, Amen"

James 1
James also exhorts us to look to God's Word.  v18 " In the exercise of His will He brought us forth by the word of truth."   v21b " in humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls." v 22 "But prove yourselves doers of the word and not merely hearers who delude themselves." and v25 "But one who looks intently at the perfect law, the law of liberty, and abides by it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an effectual doer, this man shall be blessed in what he does."
James also warns us of trusting in ourselves or in our wealth (or lack thereof), or of trusting in "religion".   We must come to God and ask for His "wisdom".   We must come in faith believing that He alone is the giver of "every perfect gift".   It is in the perfect gift of His Word that we will find eternal life, true religion, wisdom, and endurance through trials.