Psalm 15

Psalm 15 (Amplified Bible)

Psalm 15

A Psalm of David.

 ¹LORD, WHO shall dwell [temporarily] in Your tabernacle? Who shall dwell [permanently] on Your holy hill?     ²He who walks and lives uprightly and blamelessly, who works rightness and justice and speaks and thinks the truth in his heart,
    ³He who does not slander with his tongue, nor does evil to his friend, nor takes up a reproach against his neighbor;
    ⁴In whose eyes a vile person is despised, but he who honors those who fear the Lord (who revere and worship Him); who swears to his own hurt and does not change;
    ⁵[He who] does not put out his money for ^[a]interest [to one of his own people] and who will not take a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things shall never be moved.^(A)
   

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 15:5 "Israel was originally not a mercantile people, and the law aimed at an equal diffusion of wealth, not at enriching some while others were poor. The spirit of the law still is obligatory--not to take advantage of a brother's distress to lend at interest ruinous to him--but the letter of the law is abrogated, and a loan at moderate interest is often of great service to the poor. Hence, it is referred to by our Lord in parables, apparently as a lawful as well as recognized usage. (Matt. 25:27; Luke 19:23)" (A.R. Fausset, Bible Encyclopedia and Dictionary).

Cross references:

1. Psalm 15:5 : Exod 22:25, 26