I will ponder the way that is blameless.
Oh when will you come to me?
I will walk with integrity of heart
within my house;I will not set before my eyes
anything that is worthless.
I hate the work of those who fall away;
it shall not cling to me.A perverse heart shall be far from me;
I will know nothing of evil.Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly
I will destroy.
Whoever has a haughty look and an
arrogant heart
I will not endure.I will look with favor on the faithful in the land,
that they may dwell with me;
he who walks in the way that is blameless
shall minister to me.No one who practices deceit
shall dwell in my house;
no one who utters lies
shall continue before my eyes.Morning by morning I will destroy
all the wicked in the land,
cutting off all evildoers
from the city of the Lord.(ESV – Read the chapter)
These are powerful words. David was writing this from his position as king of Israel. He was laying out his commitment to God of how he was going to manage his kingdom in such a way that would keep it on the path of righteousness. He was talking about how he was going to set guardrails to keep it from teetering into evil. Drawing from v. 2, he was committing himself to walking in the way that is blameless and then going on to describe how he was going to do that. Read the rest…
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