I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will be careful to live a blameless life. When will you come to me? I will walk within my house with a blameless heart.
- KJV I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- NKJV I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.
- NASB I will carefully attend to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.
- NLT I will be careful to live a blameless life— when will you come to help me? I will lead a life of integrity in my own home.
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David vows to live blamelessly and asks when God will come to him. He longs for God's presence as he pursues integrity.
Overview
The king commits to a life of integrity both in public and within his own house, the most private sphere. His question 'When will you come to me?' expresses dependence on God's presence to sustain such a life. This ideal is fully realized only in Christ, the blameless King, who enables His people to walk in integrity.
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- Ps 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
- 1 Kgs 9:4And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
- 1 Tim 3:4–5An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
- Ps 40:17But I am poor and needy; may the Lord think of me. You are my helper and deliverer; O my God, do not delay.
- Ps 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
- 1 Kgs 11:4For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- Ps 101:6My eyes favor the faithful of the land, that they may dwell with me; he who walks in the way of integrity shall minister to me.
- Jer 23:5–6Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He will reign wisely as King and will administer justice and righteousness in the land.
- Ps 75:1–2For the choirmaster: To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Psalm of Asaph. A song. We give thanks to You, O God; we give thanks, for Your Name is near. The people declare Your wondrous works.
- Deut 6:7And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
- 1 Sam 18:14–15and he continued to prosper in all his ways, because the LORD was with him.
- 2 Chr 30:12Moreover, the power of God was on the people in Judah to give them one heart to obey the command of the king and his officials according to the word of the LORD.
- 1 Sam 22:14Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
- 2 Chr 31:20–21So this is what Hezekiah did throughout Judah. He did what was good and upright and true before the LORD his God.
- 2 Chr 15:17The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
- Josh 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
- Ps 143:7–8Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
- Gen 18:19For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- Isa 38:3saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- 2 Sam 8:15Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
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