Care to Lead a Blameless Life

I will be careful to lead a blameless life— when will you come to me? I will conduct the affairs of my house with a blameless heart.  –New International Version Psalm 101:2

Here is a fellow that had adjusted his thinking toward God and is already making music to God with his heart. Now, he is considering his ways.

1. He ponders and asks the hard questions, “If I were to always do the right thing, what would that look like?” (“I will ponder the way that is blameless”) We need a vision of what the right thing might look like if we were to consistently do it. That calls for some reflection and reflection calls for some devoted time and space.

2. He pines away in a posture of longing (“When will you come to me?”). Real clarity, in his view, flows from proximity to God and a compelling sense of His presence in the moment. Whereas pondering takes time and space, pining takes full engagement of the whole person seeking God.

3. He proceeds to practice in his own house and sphere of influence. Whatever he knows to do, he does. Whatever seems, to the best of his knowledge, to be the guidance of the moment, after deep longing and patient seeking, he puts into practice where he is. He might fail, but he will do it with integrity. Integrity is having our actions fully integrated with our convictions under God.

Practice will make permanent.

Hopefully, that gives you some exploring territory. I am moving on to the next verse and you can ponder that on your own, pine for God, and practice what you know to do. God bless you and good morning.

New Living Translation
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.

English Standard Version
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;

Berean Standard Bible
I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
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.

NASB 1995
I will give heed to the blameless way. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

NASB 1977
I will give heed to the blameless way. When wilt Thou come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

Legacy Standard Bible
I will consider the way of the blameless. When will You come to me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

Amplified Bible
I will behave wisely and follow the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will walk in my house in integrity and with a blameless heart.

Christian Standard Bible
I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will pay attention to the way of integrity. When will You come to me? I will live with a heart of integrity in my house.

American Standard Version
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Contemporary English Version
Please help me learn to do the right thing, and I will be honest and fair in my own kingdom.

English Revised Version
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way: Oh when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

GOD’S WORD® Translation
I want to understand the path to integrity. When will you come to me? I will live in my own home with integrity.

Good News Translation
My conduct will be faultless. When will you come to me? I will live a pure life in my house

International Standard Version
I will pay attention to living a life of integrity— when will I attain it? I will live with integrity of heart in my house.

NET Bible
I will walk in the way of integrity. When will you come to me? I will conduct my business with integrity in the midst of my palace.

New Heart English Bible
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.

Webster’s Bible Translation
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Majority Standard Bible
I will ponder the way that is blameless—when will You come to me? I will walk in my house with integrity of heart.

World English Bible
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.

Literal Standard Version
I act wisely in a perfect way, “” When do You come to me? I habitually walk in the integrity of my heart, “” In the midst of my house.

Young’s Literal Translation
I act wisely in a perfect way, When dost Thou come in unto me? I walk habitually in the integrity of my heart, In the midst of my house.

Smith’s Literal Translation
I will be prudent in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I will go about in integrity of heart in the midst of my house.

Douay-Rheims Bible
and I will understand in the unspotted way, when thou shalt come to me. I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And I will have understanding within the immaculate way, when you will draw near to me. I wandered about in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

New American Bible
I study the way of integrity; when will you come to me? I act with integrity of heart within my household.

New Revised Standard Version
I will study the way that is blameless. When shall I attain it? I will walk with integrity of heart within my house;

Lamsa Bible
I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have walked in your road without blemish. When will you come to me? I have walked in the perfection of my heart within my house.

JPS Tanakh 1917
I will give heed unto the way of integrity; Oh when wilt Thou come unto me? I will walk within my house in the integrity of my heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and I will be wise in a blameless way. When wilt thou come to me? I walked in the innocence of my heart, in the midst of my house.

The Rest of the Psalm (NRSVU)

Psalm 101

Misericordiam ed judicium

I will sing of mercy and justice; *

to you, O Lord, will I sing praises.

I will strive to follow a blameless course;
oh, when will you come to me? *

I will walk with sincerity of heart within my house.

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes; *

I hate the doers of evil deeds;
they shall not remain with me.

A crooked heart shall be far from me; *

I will not know evil.

Those who in secret slander their neighbors I will destroy; *

those who have a haughty look and a proud heart I cannot abide.

My eyes are upon the faithful in the land, that they may dwell with me, *

and only those who lead a blameless life shall be my servants.

Those who act deceitfully shall not dwell in my house, *

and those who tell lies shall not continue in my sight.

I will soon destroy all the wicked in the land, *

that I may root out all evildoers from the city of the Lord.

Here is a very good commentary with a New Testament perspective: